The primary question should be, can you survive selling your software for << 10 USD a pop? What is your perceived value versus Pages at 10 USD?
Don. www.SunMoonFoot.com On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Mark Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > While I agree that it is disappointing to see Apple hide the 3rd party > downloads (if you click Support, then Support Downloads, then 3rd > Party Downloads you can still get there), I don't think it spells the > end of Mac. > > iPhones, iPod touches and iPads are great consumption devices -- but > would you ever dream of developing for one ON one? Certainly not at > this point in time. In fact, every other platform (Linux, Windows, > Mac) allows you to develop for the platform on the platform. The > reason is that these platforms allow for handling more complex tasks. > I also don't see any professional (Final Cut Pro, etc) using an iPad > as their main device. > > So unless Apple is willing to cede the desktop completely to Windows > or Linux (and allowing OS X to run on it), I have serious doubts that > the Mac is going away anytime soon. > > Having Apple pull the rug out from under you is always a concern > (sometimes just by integrating your unique feature set into the OS), > but I try not to fret too much about things I have absolutely no > control over. > > You might express your concern to Apple, expressing it in terms of > lost benefits to their end-customers. Given the referrals, we know > lots of Mac customers that are looking for solutions come to Apple's > site. And while it was easy for customers to find both Apple and 3rd > party solutions, now their choices are limited -- giving those end > users a feeling that there may not be as much software out there as > they thought. Providing a higher level link to 3rd party solutions > also tells PC switchers that Apple has a large collection of software > available. > > -- > Mark Munz > unmarked software > http://www.unmarked.com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
