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kbata
02-27-2003
07:33 PM ET (US)
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Yet another story about a disgruntled developer that can't measure up. My guess is that Apple will finally come up with an Appleworks replacement. I'm sure they will be charging for this one. Do you think if MS comes out with another software title developers will leave the Windows platform in droves?
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That Darned Mac Guy
02-27-2003
01:10 PM ET (US)
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This is a load of bull. Apple software sets the standards for the entire platform. Any developer worth a damn is going to take those as the bare minimum standards and try to improve on them.
Furthermore, Apple's competition is sending a wakeup call to the larger ISVs (read 'Adobe and Microsoft's Mac Business Unit'), shaking them out of that cozy feeling of owning entire market segments. Apple entering what had been safe niches for particular companies can only be good for the platform.
Those who lack commitment will go elsewhere, while those who stay will prove their skill and passion.
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James
02-27-2003
04:07 AM ET (US)
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I see this as a necessary part of kickstarting OS X. Now that the OS itself is beginning to look mature and fully featured, Apple needs to ensure that there are some compelling apps for it. I doubt that this will go on for very long, say another year or so at the most. Then I would imagine that either Apple will start charging for them, spin them off into another company, or maybe even open source some parts of them. My fear is that they may be spreading themselves too thinly to make the apps of a high enough quality. It is significant that of the recent ones only Safari, with its open source guts, looks exciting. Edited 02-27-2003 04:07 AM
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Thad Hoffman
02-27-2003
01:05 AM ET (US)
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I firmly believe Apple OS X is the next frontier for developers. Just go to CompUSA and look at the Mac vs Win software selection? Plenty of space in the Mac world for new apps, as long as they are good. And just because there are more apps for Win in stores doesn't mean they are good, I just meant that they are competing with MS. Everything from office apps to server apps to html editors browsers etc... Not too mention the IT mentality of "It must be MS else it isn't any good".
Think people are just afraid of change. "sky is falling" mentalies prevail. If an app is good and serves a purpose it shouldn't matter which platform or what players are around.
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Larry Staton Jr.  02-26-2003
10:06 PM ET (US)
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As long as Apple keeps the APIs open and otherwise competes fairly, I see no reason for them not to make software. Competition is a good thing. Look, how many iApps are really that great? iPhoto pales in comparison to iView Media Pro. iTunes, which was a third-party app purchased by Apple, is good, but so is Audion. iCal? Please. Sherlock? Watson is still better.
Third-party developers should simply write great apps. Stone Studio, OmniGroup, and Panic are all great examples. Create, OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, and Transmit are best of class applications.
I'm also confused as to why one would switch to the Windows world where there are tons of developers all competing for users. Sure there are more users, but the sheer number of competitors on the Windows side should drive the competitive price to a point where no producer makes a profit.
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matt
02-26-2003
09:17 PM ET (US)
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who says the rest of apples software products are going to be free? They have a nice core of attractive products to get people on the mac, that doesnt mean they're going to give away everything. The more software that comes out of apple the better, right now they're compensating for a hardware offering that many feel is lacking eg slow compared to intels fastest. So for now, if you cant sell hardware with good hardware, sell it with good affordable software.
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