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Why did you focus on Mac when they already have something that is at least presentable with spotlight/mdfind, whereas Windows search is (and always has been) at
by sigmoid10 2y ago
Why did you focus on Mac when they already have something that is at least presentable with spotlight/mdfind, whereas Windows search is (and always has been) atrocious? Especially in a business context. I see a much bigger market opportunity for a good search tool that is tailored to Windows.
- thatgurjot 2y agoYou are 100% correct. I focused on Mac because my personal machine is a MacBook :) That was part of my failure. I wanted to solve a problem for Windows but didn't have a decent Windows machine myself! Had to rely on a 10-year old laptop to do testing and building, which inevitably didn't work well.
- leros 2y agoWindows would also have let you target business people with specific niche business problems. You could be the best search for legal documents, invoices, etc.
- thatgurjot 2y agoFunny you say that. Legal and invoice were actually the two avenues I actually explored! There definitely is an opportunity there but I found that there is an intense status quo to fight.
- criddell 2y agoWas running Windows in a VM not an option?
- thatgurjot 2y agoI tried Parallels with like three different accounts :) But I also found that a native Windows machine throws a lot more errors than a VM. For example, having a sqlite3.dll ended up being critical on the Windows 10 machine but not on the Parallels VM. Not sure why!
- criddell 2y agoSQLite is actually bundled with Windows as winsqlite. You can install your own copy if you want to take control of the version, but you usually don’t need to.
- carlosjobim 2y agoWindows users never pay for boutique apps. Only huge enterprise software or games.