Greg,
You seem to have a profound disregard for the average consumer. This
has nothing to do with my personal desires or capabilities. I could
very easily purchase a new Mac. Will I? No. But all of that is
besides the point.
I quite simply cannot tell the average Joe or Jane that wants to use
my product, "Oh, Sorry -- Get a new computer first."
This, again, has nothing to do with generating revenue or or building
a business. It is purely and simply about people being able to *use*
the product that we build. We have a good number of 64bit capable
Macs in the office. A few developers even use them. (Although every
one that uses it for Java development grumbles daily.) The issue is
about requiring others to upgrade -- the people that use the product.
Users should not be required to purchase a new computer in order to
continue using a product.
Imagine if Apple suddenly shipped new versions of iTunes that only
worked on 64bit machines. Or if iPods could only get new features if
people purchased the latest Mac, or upgraded to the latest OS. That
would raise hell. It wouldn't be a problem with the people developing
the product -- but it would be a problem with the people using it.
Please realize that this is a problem for *users*. Not me. Not You.
Sam
On 4/30/08, Greg Guerin <email@hidden> wrote:
> Sam Berlin wrote:
>
> >(And re selling the machine -- the idea is that it shouldn't require a
> >new machine. I don't want to have to swap my entire machine just to
> >update Java.)
>
> I often encounter things I don't want to have to do. But when it comes to
> business assets, I look at it as a business decision: Return On Investment.
>
> This is not simply a theoretical exercise for me. I have bought Macs (and
> peripherals) at points when I needed them to do something that had a
> business return (generate income), even though I didn't want to have to buy
> new equipment at that time. I've had to do the same thing with software, too.
>
> In business, as in life, you don't always get what you want when you want it.
> If you don't have a workable strategy for dealing with this fact, you will fail,
> either in business or in life.
>
> I understand the idea, and what you want, quite well. Ideas and wants,
> however, sometimes conflict with reality. When that happens, reality wins.
> You then have two options: change your idea to match reality, or change
> reality to match your idea. Well, a third option is to live with the
> conflict, but that carries its own costs: embitterment.
>
> -- GG
>
>
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