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Windows Vs Mac software crossover bias to Mac?

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Posted by Hugh
Dec 5, 2014 at 04:08 PM

 

Dr Andus wrote:
As it happens, MLO is considering a Mac app, see here:
> >“MyLifeOrganized for Mac”
> >http://www.mylifeorganized.net/announcements/mac-subscribe.shtml?
> >Though, ironically, I abandoned MLO when they first started to go
>cross-platform. I don’t know if it was the aesthetics of the iOS apps
>that was re-applied to the Windows version or what, but I found that the
>original Win version was becoming diluted as a result (I was a fairly
>big fan of MLO before that).

Interesting. I starting using MLO when it launched, and liked it. I abandoned it when I moved to Macs. But if I were the developers behind the software, I’d hesitate to enter the Mac market. Wasn’t the intensity of competitive rivalry in a given market one of the five forces in Michael Porter’s business classic “Competitive Strategy” that he said would make the market potentially unprofitable and unattractive to new entrants? The Mac market for task management apps is stuffed with strong rivals. Still, Porter’s book is nearly 25 years old; perhaps views and analyses have changed.