Is the “killer app” argument dead?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 19, 2008 2:19 AM EDT
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The other day I was talking with a bunch of other tech heads about the ongoing Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux market share war and why, from a stats point of view, that Mac and Linux were still trailing far behind Windows. “It all revolves around killer apps,” pipes up one of the tech heads. “The problem with both Apple and Linux is that neither OS has a compelling killer app driving the user base.” The conversation then went off on to discuss apps such as Photoshop and AutoCAD and how with Windows you have a single unified platform that’ll run almost any professional grade package that you can think of, while with Mac and Linux your choices are restricted. Bull.

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blending of "killer app" and "killer platform" gus3 9 1,703 Aug 21, 2008 11:13 AM

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