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Subject: Re: Leaving the Desktop Market
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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? =20

Too few of you to justify the capital outlay.  Now, if we were talking =
about 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.  Between those two poles, the entirety of the desktop market =
is pretty much spoken for.  I get that there are some (mostly on these =
mailing lists) who don=92t want either, but religious / personal =
preferences to the contrary don=92t create markets until there are at =
least a few million of you.