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don't think the market cares about self-relative performance. The fact that it's not superior right now is the issue.
by jmtame 18y ago
don't think the market cares about self-relative performance. The fact that it's not superior right now is the issue.
- davidw 18y agoWith "disruptive innovations", what the market often cares about is 'good enough', and if the improvement curve of Ubuntu puts it on track to supersede that, that's all that's needed. I don't think Ubuntu will ever be "better" than MacOS (well, except for the fact that Ubuntu does focus follows mouse like God intended [it's in the old testament, I think], but I guess I'm in the minority there). But for that matter, neither is Windows, and it seems to have a slight numerical advantage. I think we're seeing the leading edge of Ubuntu with the netbooks. Here's a graph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation#The_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation#The_theor...