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> It's more than a little amusing that the people writing the software need to be "encouraged" to use the platform that's more popular It's not too surprising,

> It's more than a little amusing that the people writing the software need to be "encouraged" to use the platform that's more popular It's not too surprising, though. The Valley has long been enamored with Apple and Steve Jobs - the Reality Distortion Field has been most effective on those who really should know better. Android's dominance in the smartphone market has only served to reinforce their feelings of superiority and elitism vis-à-vis the common man. And contrary to what you say, this applies to Windows vs. Mac as well. Macs are dominant in the Valley, which is quite the aberration in a world where Windows has around 90% of the PC market. When people in the Valley sing the praises of the web for its cross-platform nature, what they actually mean is that they can use Macs while still targeting the Windows market. This hypocrisy becomes evident in their complete lack of cross-platform support when it comes to the mobile market, since they just stick to iOS. Moreover, one of the biggest advantages touted about iOS is the wide variety of games available for it. But the same people praising iOS for all its games are running Macs, which can run hardly any games compared to Windows.

kemiller 14y ago
Macs have only been dominant in Silicon Valley for about 5 or 6 years. Really, only since the switch to Intel, that's to say, once they reached parity on specs. Between 1995 and 2005 you could have gone into almost any office in Silicon Valley and found few if any non-Windows computers, and if you did, they were more likely to be Suns than Apples.
gurkendoktor 14y ago
> who really should know better > their feelings of superiority and elitism vis-à-vis the common man > hypocrisy I really think you should take a step back from Apple news and relax. If the Silicon Valley is doing it wrong, then go and exploit this imbalance to boost your business. Judging people for their OS choices is not productive.

kemiller 14y ago

Macs have only been dominant in Silicon Valley for about 5 or 6 years. Really, only since the switch to Intel, that's to say, once they reached parity on specs. Between 1995 and 2005 you could have gone into almost any office in Silicon Valley and found few if any non-Windows computers, and if you did, they were more likely to be Suns than Apples.

gurkendoktor 14y ago

> who really should know better > their feelings of superiority and elitism vis-à-vis the common man > hypocrisy I really think you should take a step back from Apple news and relax. If the Silicon Valley is doing it wrong, then go and exploit this imbalance to boost your business. Judging people for their OS choices is not productive.