Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility
- Subject: Backward compatibility
- From: David Dunham <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:21:58 -0800
Dirk
One of the most convincing arguments I've heard on this topic is:
End-users who can't / don't want to spend money to upgrade their old
systems/hardware most probably don't spend much money to buy new
software either -- of course, the kind and price of your software
matters a lot here as well.
For my inexpensive envelope utility Addressix, I've summarized sales
by major OS version:
2005
9.2 0.7%
10.2 6.5%
10.3 64%
10.4 28.8%
2006 (so far)
10.2 8.7%
10.3 21.7%
10.4 69.6%
I have no way of knowing whether the argument is valid or not, but
clearly some people who don't have the latest and greatest OS are
still buying software. I don't really feel like giving up 30% of my
revenue.
I really wish Apple would make OS version market data available. I
think if you read between the lines of various announcements, no more
than half the installed base is ever on the latest release.
I do think there's no need for new software to support 10.1.
--
David Dunham A Sharp, LLC
Voice/Fax: 206 783 7404 http://a-sharp.com
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
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