I promise I'll get rid of the sig

[Joost Schuttelaar]

On Apr 7, 2010, at 22:24 , Peter Korsten wrote:

> No worries about that - unless you're hell-bent on using Mac OS for 
> productivity. I foresee that for Apple, the economies will come into 
> play, and that at some point, it may no longer be viable to keep the OS 
> X product on their own (or other people's) laptops and desktops.
> 
> And at that point, it becomes an interesting question: will they keep it 
> for old time's sake, or as a strategic asset, or will they sell the OS 
> only, or will they get rid of it altogether? I'm quite convinced they 
> already have all their SDKs for iPhone, iPod and iPad running on Windows.

Why would they? Unless they start dropping market share, or the PC market will go away, why would they drop a very profitable business?

I don't see them dropping market share any day soon (still rising rapidly). I also don't see the PC market go away any time soon (although the device paradigm will rock it a bit).

PS: I'm getting an iPad (of course), just coz I think it's a very sexy piece of hardware and a fun toy. I have very mixed feelings about the direction Apple is going with their iDevices though. Very closed platform, restricted freedom, but so nicely made and a great way for independent software developers to make money again...

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL