[OT] Market Share

[Jim Carwardine]

I was an HC developer in the early 90's but gave up and became a user simply
because it was too difficult to keep up with the changes in the industry.  I
can only imagine the intensity of effort required to stay current and
relevant on multiple platforms.  No wonder Rev is so important.  No wonder
Rev charges what it does to offset the intensity of their work on multiple
platforms too.

>From a users perspective it is still all about standards, expectations and
the consistency of experience.  As long as people experience what they
expect to experience, they will choose that product.  Ergo, PC users will
continue to be PC users and Mac users will continue to be Mac users and can
continue to cherry pick from the PC world natively on Intel rather than
using VirtualPC and Timbuktu.  The iPod/iTunes users switching from the PC
to the Mac will likely experience a WOW simply because their expectations
going in have to be lower than Mac users if for no other reason than issues
around viruses and other malware... Jim



on 7/9/06 9:11 PM, Mark Smith wrote:

> That may be the developers view - what about the users?
> 
> I am not a professional developer, and as a user (I have 10.4 on a PB
> for personal stuff, 10.3 on a 7 year old 350Mhz G3 that runs as a
> print server and other things, and 10.2 on a dual G4 that runs my
> music stuff) I have not found anything that I use to be fraught in
> any way...perhaps the developers who make the software I use have
> torn their hair out, but I paid what they asked so it's really not my
> problem.
> 
> Nor have I had to upgrade any of my software or peripherals to
> accomodate OS releases, though I am about to upgrade the G4 to OS
> 10.4 as some new (non-apple) software I'm getting requires it. Having
> said that, I've generaly avoided the bleeding edge, and I tend to
> only upgrade anything when there is a fairly compelling reason to,
> like some new feature that I might actually use :)
> 
> I think Apple have always focused on the user experience, perhaps at
> the expense of the developer experience - and I hope they continue
> to. (This is not to suggest that MS don't, I'm sure they do, but I've
> never used windows seriously, so I really can't say anything useful
> about it).
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 10 Jul 2006, at 00:23, Chipp Walters wrote:
> 
>> Forget the cost, every OSX release has been fraught with bugs and
>> inconsistencies which send developers scurrying to provide updates.
>> I've said it before, but we spend at least 4X the resources keeping
>> our Mac products updated as we do Windows.
> 
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