Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-31 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Monday, July 30, 2012, Colin Holgate wrote: You make more sets of $700 than you would make through other distributors. I think that drops off even in the general case as price goes up--even at $100, I doubt that many people would buy something they hadn't first seen or heard of elsewhere,

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
Microsoft takes a cut, up to 30%, of every sale made through this store. Whoa!! How much does Apple get? Bob On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Richmond wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read, and makes one think whether Apple's and Microsoft's protectionism

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Richmond
On 07/30/2012 08:08 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Microsoft takes a cut, up to 30%, of every sale made through this store. Whoa!! How much does Apple get? Probably much the same. Bob On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Richmond wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read,

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Mike Kerner
Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good.

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Bob Sneidar
No I mean with their regular app store, for desktops. Bob On Jul 30, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Monday, July 30, 2012, Mike Kerner wrote: Apple gets 30%, too. They invented that model with the iOS AppStore. hitch is why I'm not even considering selling my program through them. a dollar to sell a three dollar program hurts, but when you sell lots of them . . . A third of a thousand

Re: [OT] Windows 8

2012-07-30 Thread Colin Holgate
You make more sets of $700 than you would make through other distributors. On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:06 AM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: A third of a thousand dollar program, which costs the same buck or tho to distribute . . . . ___

[OT] Windows 8

2012-07-28 Thread Richmond
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377 well worth a read, and makes one think whether Apple's and Microsoft's protectionism might not be self-defeating in the end. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this