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Good points in the article, although I didn't like the condescending tone of "step into my office for a talk". Reminds me of the Sparrow mail client[1], which

Good points in the article, although I didn't like the condescending tone of "step into my office for a talk". Reminds me of the Sparrow mail client[1], which shut down in spite of having a great product. Also, allowing a trial period and own in-app purchases is a good move by Microsoft. Also, how are the Mac OS X App Store developers and prices faring? I think that's an important point of comparison that the author failed to make. [1] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/you-shall-know-google-by-its-trail-of-dead-a-sparrow-users-lament/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/you-sh...

Aaronontheweb 14y ago
Author here; sorry that you didn't like the tone - was trying to do something different stylistically and I can see how it comes across as condescending. That was not my intention :( I don't have as much data on the OS X app store - but prices do trend towards traditional desktop economics moreso than native app economics. Windows 8 will be interesting, because it's not just the desktop ecosystem - it's also tablet and phone too. However, as I pointed out - I think the dominant devices in market will be X86 and X64 for some time to come.