I don't work for Apple. It is a very good question, but there
are some logical reasons that go beyond simple money that can be
made. Look what happens with Windows and the various flavors you run
into with the different third party hardware vendors. I guess Apple
simply doesn't want the headaches and nonsense that comes from that.
When you put software bundled into a hardware package, you
normally are making very little on the software itself in the overall
total. I don't make the software or the hardware, so Im speaking
from the perspective of having to buy the said hardware and software
and bundling it. It's a far different world than being the guy who
owns it to start with.
It's interesting that you make the point about blindness
software. I'll give you a great example. You have the major
software for reading (OCR) out there costing about a grand a pop.
Then, you have a company who is selling stuff that, in essence, does
the same thing for a fifth of the price. So explain to me why that
software is always devalued and tossed aside as an option by the so
called assistive technology proponents?
Anyway, way off topic, but, again, I'd be happy to discuss off
list further.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Managing Director
Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
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Hauppauge, NY 11788
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On Aug 31, 2006, at 3:18 PM, John Denning wrote:
One more food for thought. The sale of the hardware also includes
the sale of software. We generally buy a Mac because we want to use
the software on it. Else get a cheaper POS PC. We often look at
what is bundled with the computer we buy when deciding what to buy.
And the seller of the PC includes the cost of said software in
their calculations.
I gave an example of an $80 piece of software. But we all know you
can spend lots more on software, even from Apple.
As far as the costs of screen readers and other "blind" technology.
Most of us would agree that it is often way over priced. And that's
why many of us love our Mac, we don't have to pay Freedom Sci, or A
I Squared, their huge bloated prices.
Yes we are talking specifically about the OS. But in regards to
"why not sell the OS for other hardware?" The thought that apple
would not make enough money on such a deal is ludicrous. Their
development costs would only increase by a small margin. Their
potential sales would increase by a HUGE margin. I don't think it
would hurt Mac hardware sales one bit. Mac hardware is cool, way
cool. But most of the public can care less. And heck some don't
even like the looks of it, (something is wrong with them.)
So how would apple loose when costs go up a fraction, revenue goes
up by an order of magnitude. It's a strange businessman who doesn't
want to sell more, and keep costs near the same.
On Aug 31, 2006, at 2:16 PM, JOHN PANARESE wrote:
Anyway, just my two cents. I'd be curious, as the OS itself
was the software in this topic, how much is actually a profit to
Apple with a sale of $130 per copy. With the OS, I bet it isn't
75 percent by any stretch when you consider all the costs that go
into development and inclusions.
- JD -
John Denning
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A+ MCSA MCSE
And glad to be a Mac snob again!
Roswell, GA
