Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 17:06:35 +0500 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com> To: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@UPMC.EDU> Cc: "FreeBSD, Advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org>, Randi Harper <sektie@freebsdgirl.com> Subject: Re: Leaving the Desktop Market Message-ID: <A5CD59CD-BC02-47C0-B860-3AF6CBB58E8B@mail.turbofuzz.com> In-Reply-To: <09D177203C215546ACA94AF0459D4989EFF9DF@msxmbxnsprd18.acct.upmchs.net> References: <CAF6rxgkeBozvfV-L0%2BrFZ6fWRn0=Gi3BNq1kPL=-HTq0TD6MkQ@mail.gmail.com> <A70900DF-4BAA-427F-8731-01211FFD1887@mail.turbofuzz.com> <CAM9wqY9STvt7%2BrMVkX6G0UmyEe6g86DAS89FXQCnsN5_uRT6-w@mail.gmail.com> <09D177203C215546ACA94AF0459D4989EFF9DF@msxmbxnsprd18.acct.upmchs.net>
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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.
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