"Simon Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But where would they have been now if they had taken the fully > open route? Somewhere better? Somewhere worse? Where could > a hypothetical competitor who started now, from scratch, with a > fully open model get to? Would they catch up and overtake? Would > they fail to catch up? Would they win or lose against chameleon in > its own niche? Or would they carve out a new niche, next-door to > the chameleon but not quite competing with it? > > I don't know the answers to these questions.
My guess is that their market niche is small enough that it is not attractive to potential competitors. Having a Linux SDK likely wouldn't add enough potential sales to make a new product development project worthwhile. Len Moskowitz Core Sound
