Thane Sherrington wrote:
:: At 11:34 AM 02/10/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
::: One advantage apple has over MS and keep in mind this is a HUGE
::: advantage is tight integration with hardware. As soon as they open
::: it up they will lose major stability. Now imagine you buy your
::: apple software
::
:: <shrug> And their tight integration and stability has won them 6% of
:: the market. So it's not working as a business strategy.
::
:: Here's my guess: Apple ignores the inevitable hacking of OS X that
:: occurs and let's hard core users beta test it out on a variety of
:: hardware. Once the kinks are worked out (and not on Apple's dime)
:: they can say "oh well, we have to release it, there are so many
:: people clamouring for it."
Shis would be smart from a developer's POV, no?
