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True, but developers are more likely to care, and they matter a lot more than the average user. A lot of developers preferred not to use Microsoft products when
by rsheridan6 14y ago
True, but developers are more likely to care, and they matter a lot more than the average user. A lot of developers preferred not to use Microsoft products when MS was the evil empire, and there would probably be an MS monopoly now if they hadn't.
- wsc981 14y agoI'm not sure if that was true. Either way, there was money to be made on the Microsoft platform and even though I didn't like Microsoft and their practices myself, I did develop .NET software for a year of 3. At home I just used my preferred OS (Mac OS X) but a man has to make a living.
- anextio 14y agoNo, developers don't matter more than the average user, and that fact is the reason Apple sells so many of their products.
- briandear 14y agoExactly. Developers go where the money is.
- admiralpumpkin 14y agoDevelopers matter a lot. Developers know which users and platforms pay out the best (iOS) and this is what guides their efforts. Not patent infringement, injunctions or boycotts.
- rsheridan6 14y agoIf it was just about which platforms pay out the best, there wouldn't be much software for Linux, and there wouldn't have been much for Apple during their inter-Jobs nadir.