Re: Leaving the Desktop Market

On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Person, Roderick <personrp@UPMC.EDU> wrote:

> Why aren't all the nerds and small businesses out there a market?  =

Too few of you to justify the capital outlay.  Now, if we were talking abou=
t a $1500 watch that was very nerdy and appealed to the inner James Bond in=
 lots of non-nerds, the margins might just justify it.   If Apple hardware =
is too expensive for you, there is always Windows and a cheap PC clone.  Be=
tween those two poles, the entirety of the desktop market is pretty much sp=
oken for.  I get that there are some (mostly on these mailing lists) who do=
n=92t want either, but religious / personal preferences to the contrary don=
=92t create markets until there are at least a few million of you.

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