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From: D.M. Procida on 6 Jan 2010 12:33 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? Daniele
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 Jan 2010 12:47 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. > > 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, Nope. > or why a Mac software store along the lines of the iTunes > App store would not also be an incredible roaring success? The only reason is that the software vendors have us trained into paying excessive fees for buying their disposable software (because it breaks in time due to OS or hardware upgrades and you have to buy it again to keep using it or just stop using it if the software's been dropped, as is commonplace). I can see no reason other than greed on the part of the software publishers. It's just a rip-off, the whole business. 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: Woody on 6 Jan 2010 12:50 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, especially as most software is going to be pirated anyway, in a way that doesn't really happen on the iPhone -- Woody
From: Graeme on 6 Jan 2010 13:06 In message <1jbwray.1w0eduh1c287fbN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> 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. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: James Jolley on 6 Jan 2010 13:16
On 2010-01-06 18:15:00 +0000, Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> said: > In message > <1jbwray.1w0eduh1c287fbN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> > 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. 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 agree in the case of OS X apps, the iPhone side doesn't bother me all that much though for some reason. The apps are cheap enough that it's worth looking at a few, but there are many rubbish ones out there. |