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> Badly. They very nearly went bankrupt with that model. Like between 2000 and 2007? They did just fine, just like macOS is perfectly fine now.
by qwytw 3y ago
> Badly. They very nearly went bankrupt with that model.
Like between 2000 and 2007? They did just fine, just like macOS is perfectly fine now.
- ben_w 3y agoLike between 1993 and 2000, only really turning around because Jobs was a hard-nosed businessman. Also: is macOS "perfectly fine now"? How many people only use it because it's necessary for iOS development?
- qwytw 3y ago> only really turning around because Jobs was a hard-nosed businessman. Exactly, he knew that the success of the platform relied on third party developers (NeXTSTEP was a huge improvement) > Also: is macOS "perfectly fine now"? How many people only use it because it's necessary for iOS development? I don't know? Do you? I would bet on around 5%. Although I'm not quite sure what's your point? > Like between 1993 and 2000, Which was a relatively short period, compared to their post 2000 succes.