Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free
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Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free
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#2I think this guy completely misses the most important point. Apple sees how much fragmentation hurts Windows and Android and they want to avoid it.
Imagine if as a developer you only have to worry about a single platform? Imagine if as a distributor you only have to worry about releasing a single package? It makes things much easier for everyone and allows efforts to be on quality rather than compatibility.
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#3Because why charge peanuts for an operative system, if you can charge $3000+ for a machine?
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#4The real reason is the fear of fragmentation- This becomes more and more critical for mobile and personal devices.
Utility Software updates in future will be seamless(transaction free)
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#5It's also a response to google docs. Introducing collaboration on iWork is a good first step to address to the shift towards shared docs. I imagine we'll see that expand significantly in the future.
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#6> By going free, Apple has acknowledged something that’s been true in the industry for years: Software is a means to sell hardware.
What? How has this "been true in the industry for years"? Maybe its true for smart phones & tablets, that too for just the OS, but how does he go from there to all software and all hardware?
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#7I think this guy completely misses the most important point. Apple sees how much fragmentation hurts Windows and Android and they want to avoid it. Imagine if as a developer you only have to worry about a single platform? Imagine if as a distributor you only have to worry about releasing a single package? It makes things much easier for everyone and allows efforts to be on quality rather than compatibility.
Imagine if as a developer you only have to worry about a single platform?
Actually, this was one of my first reaction as a developer. I developed and maintain a scientific software package (treebank search) that I maintain for Windows (>= XP), OS X (>= 10.7), and Linux (latest Ubuntu LTS).
My first reaction after hearing that Mavericks is free was: great, if most people will upgrade, I am freed of supporting the legacy OS X versions.
Hopefully they can bring things to the point where, like iOS, practically everyone will run the latest version. Of course, this would require smooth transitions.
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#8I think this guy completely misses the most important point. Apple sees how much fragmentation hurts Windows and Android and they want to avoid it. Imagine if as a developer you only have to worry about a single platform? Imagine if as a distributor you only have to worry about releasing a single package? It makes things much easier for everyone and allows efforts to be on quality rather than compatibility.
Yes it definitely makes sense as iOS is free and apple's future is in integrating all devices to work seamlessly. This requires simultaneous updates on all different devices.
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