A few more questions for you Lynn since I see your name regularly here. what keeps you popping on to this NUG so often ? Do you participate as much on mailing lists for all the vendors Valentina supports ?, do you have a particular soft spot for RB ? Do the RB related products you sell constitute a big portion of your overall sales ?
On 7/1/07 17:45, "Lynn Fredricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As I recall, they left the Mac market because they had sold >> their x86 compilers to Nokia just before Apple announced the >> Intel shift. I'm sure free Xcode took its toll, but it didn't >> break their backs. They continued to ship for quite a while >> despite Xcode. Being under an agreement to not produce x86 >> compilers and having Apple go x86 was, however, a product breaker. > > I believe it would break their backs. At this point in the game, if you want > to build applications for MacOS X and take advantage of all the brightest > and shiniest features in new OS releases, you must develop with xCode. > >> From a marketing perspective, Apple has far, far more influence over its > user base than MS and its influence over the Apple related press (I wouldn't > say "Mac" here because of the permeation of iPod in Mac journals), and the > more native OS features you support, the more positive the feedback you are > likely to get. There just isnt an equivalent mentality for Windows or Linux > applications in general (get into specific verticals and it's a bit > different). > > There is an overall strategy of Apple to gain control over every aspect of > the Apple eco system - this has SJ written all over it. It's a brilliant > strategy for Apple - and pretty much only Apple. Historically, they've found > themselves in some difficult situations because they were dependent on > others to provide applications, reseller venues, and other needed > infrastructure. They've had to spend lots of money to maintain those > unpredictable relationships. A better strategy for Apple is to OWN those > various pieces of the eco system. > > The reason why I say this is also an Apple only strategy because they have > unmatched (within the markets they've defined as theirs) acumen and well > funded infrastructure. For this reason, they can pick and choose their > partners and deal with them on a one-to-one basis, either directly with > Apple management or through its various partner relationship managers. This > is, however, a horrible approach for most vendors and their third party > relations. > > Best regards, > > Lynn Fredricks > President > Paradigma Software, Inc > > Joining Worlds of Information > > Deploy True Client-Server Database Solutions > Royalty Free with Valentina Developer Network > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
