garym;635818 Wrote: > The mass market does have a way of dummying things down (before anyone > yells at me, ..I have a transporter, but I do love my TOUCHes (and > radios, booms)). Years ago, Lotus123 was much more sophisticated than > MS Excel, but the corporate offices all moved to Excel. "Harvard > Graphics" was much better than PowerPoint, but the suits liked MS. > WordPerfect in its heyday was much better than WORD. But again, MS WORD > won the day... I agree, but I'm not sure how that sentiment applies in this space. Are you predicting the Apple approach will "win" for that reason? I don't think so, there's no need for a "standard", actual or de facto, as with desktop software. I also find there's enough anti-Apple sentiment around (as I raise my hand) to provide more than enough opportunity for others.
I disagree with those of you who are grousing. These products work well time after time, year after year. A great system at an affordable price. Like you, I wish there were more outward signs of robust product development, support for the remaining internal crew manning the bucket brigade, and a higher profile in the market. Even without those positive signs, we can use and enjoy our stuff for years to come as is. I also don't think this niche will be run off the road by media center/Popcorn Hour type things. From what I've seen, those things are REALLY too complicated for non-techie users who have a lot of other things they want to do with their free time. Those things are a solution in search of a problem. -- Goodsounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87951 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
