Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 6 12:04:11 CST 2012
Hi Shamil: Games are big business. Games make more money than the entire entertainment industry. (...but I never play games myself; too much like work. ;-)) I like optimistic people; you are very optimistic...but as much as I like Microsoft...made good money from them for the 30 years, they are not going to capture 30 percent of the market. If they manage to hold on to 30 percent of their existing computing market, in three to five years I will be pleased. The link below says it all. iOS holds a massive 20 percent of the mobile market and Android(Linux) holds another 65 percent. The trend is for growth with both these systems and unless Microsoft can supply a super set of killer apps and technologies that direction is not going to change. http://tinyurl.com/d43k9vd Aside: My daughter was working with a team of developers that put a small kids game app out for Christmas, for use on the iPhone/iPad market. It cost an estimated 40K(?) with team of 5, to get the product to market and if it does well, it will be ported to the Android. Any support will be greatly appreciated. :-) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paint-my-cat/id578516291?ls=1&mt=8 The below link/image shows how the original concept, layout and functionality was created (on the left, in boiler-plated HTML5 code) and then shows the finished product (on the right), using compiled native iOS and the enhanced 3D graphics. http://tinyurl.com/bkuc974 Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 3:11 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web Hi Hans and Jim -- Have you seen that stats: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/04/analyst-just-25-developers-grabbed-50-of-ap p-revenues-on-u-s-app-store-google-play-last-month-earning-60m-between-them/ ? AFAIS mobile apps are still mainly game apps and (IMO) WinPhone 7.5/8 and Windows RT/Surface do still have good chances to become widely used in business apps. We will see. But 30% mobile market share in three-five years seems to be almost guaranteed to MS... And as you say "Microsoft is doing fantastic job with Xbox" so adapting that experience to MS mobile, using mobile devices together with Xbox should make MS positions even stronger? Thank you. -- Shamil Среда, 5 декабря 2012, 22:12 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>: > > > > > > In my opinion, I think Microsoft has yet farther to fall before they make a come back. I don't see anything particularly ground breaking coming from them, only them catching up with Android/iOS and trying to out-Apple Apple themselves in various ways (ie. Microsoft Store). But it doesn't really suit them. Just makes them look awkward. > > There are a few exceptions, of course. For instance, Microsoft is doing a fantastic job with their Xbox console in transforming it into a home entertainment centre, so kudos to them about that. But, I can't help but wonder whether the Xbox's successes are a result of being somewhat partitioned from all the other warring fiefdoms that exist at Microsoft (Windows, MS Office, etc) and probably a more hands-off approach from Steve Ballmer. > > I really think Microsoft just needs to get rid of Ballmer. He's an ineffective CEO in this new era and it shows. Also, from what I hear, the MS Office team has just got way too much say over everyone else. > > Hans > > > On 2012-12-05, at 6:39 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > I think you are very correct. > > > > The following graph says it all and the main reason for Microsoft's sudden > > launch forward with a totally new environment, Win8. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/d4udbk2 > > > > It clearly shows that iOS and particularly Android, has wiped out > > Microsoft's decade of dominance, in which MS held about 90 to 95 percent of > > the personal computer market but in three short years, they lost over 50 > > percent of their market share. > > > > Whether this trend will continue unchallenged or whether MS will rise to the > > challenge is still a question. The next three years will say it all, success > > or oblivion. Periods like this are always best as there is always a lot of > > good innovation from all sectors of computing market. > > > > At this time, I think it is best for developers to keep away from making any > > firm commitments to any particular hardware and OS platforms and rather > > stick to Open Source and Open Standard products where at all possible. > > > > Jim > > <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com