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From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 Jan 2010 13:34 Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote: > > > I presume that there are more Macs out there than iPhones. > > I would have thought it was the opposite. Macs have been on sale since 1984 - over 25 years by now. Think about it. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 Jan 2010 13:34 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > I presume that there are more Macs out there than iPhones. And I don't > > know much about it, but I also presume that programming for Macintosh > > can't be hugely more difficult or expensive than programming for > > iPhone. > > It has an additional layer if complication because there are various > versions of the os, different screen sizes etc > > But mostly down to habit. > > > If that's the case, then is there a reason why Macintosh software > > couldn't most profitably be sold for the kind of prices thatiPhone > > software does, or why a Mac software store along the lines of the > > iTunes > > App store would not also be an incredible roaring success? > > Probably not as it started a different way. I can't see the likes of > adobe and microsoft dishing out their prodcts for 99p, No, they expect most people who use their stuff to not pay up front for it in an obvious way. > especially as > most software is going to be pirated anyway, in a way that doesn't > really happen on the iPhone .... in part because it's so cheap. Make it cheap enough, and people won't feel the need to steal. That's the ticket. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: D.M. Procida on 6 Jan 2010 13:50 Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> wrote: > > I presume that there are more Macs out there than iPhones. And I don't > > know much about it, but I also presume that programming for Macintosh > > can't be hugely more difficult or expensive than programming for iPhone. > > > > If that's the case, then is there a reason why Macintosh software > > couldn't most profitably be sold for the kind of prices thatiPhone > > software does, or why a Mac software store along the lines of the iTunes > > App store would not also be an incredible roaring success? > > When that happens I move to Linux. I'd rather choose my own software than > have it chosen for me. I wasn't suggesting that this model replace the existing ways of obtaining software. It could supplement it. Daniele
From: Woody on 6 Jan 2010 13:54 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote: > > > > > I presume that there are more Macs out there than iPhones. > > > > I would have thought it was the opposite. > > Macs have been on sale since 1984 - over 25 years by now. > > Think about it. But from an application sales point of view, it is only really the owners of machines made in the last 4 or so years that will be buying the majority of software -- Woody
From: Woody on 6 Jan 2010 13:54
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > especially as > > most software is going to be pirated anyway, in a way that doesn't > > really happen on the iPhone > > ... in part because it's so cheap. Make it cheap enough, and people > won't feel the need to steal. That's the ticket. That was always my gut feeling about it, but all the studies I have seen, and conversations with software authors shows that sadly price is only a trivial factor With the iPhone I would imagine it is just that without unlocking your phone, there is no way to do it -- Woody |