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I have a felling that this iOS vs Android competition might turn out like Mac vs DOS [calling it DOS to show how bad it was] from last century. Mac was winning
by z92 14y ago
I have a felling that this iOS vs Android competition might turn out like Mac vs DOS [calling it DOS to show how bad it was] from last century. Mac was winning for a decade. From early 80s to mid 90s. Latest versions of PageMaker, Photoshop and other such software were always released for Mac first. Like how now most of all good software are released for iOS first. Even best games of the time like Simcity, Prince of Persia were released for Macs with no PC version available for some time.
But then things started to catch up. And we know the rest. Question is will history repeat itself this time too? Will Android continue to improve over iOS and its high adoption rate turn it into the only mobile OS that matters, like how Windows was? I believe Apple has its strategy to prevent it from happening. That might be why it's pricing its tablets so strategically.
Ultimately everyone will get the answer, over time. But whoever can predict the future best can make the most profit out of it. Specially we, the software developers.
- caycep 14y agoit really depends on who's in charge then as opposed to now. Apple in the 90's were kind of meh, and outmaneuvered by the PC ecosystem. Apple now is firing on all cylinders and google is desperately trying to reorganize. in another 10 years, who knows what will happen?