Thread: why doesn't maemo get traction in the market
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attila77 is offline attila77
2009-10-23 , 12:18
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#29
Originally Posted by ddalex View Post
Highly interesting point of view. But I believe true innovation cannot occur based on DEMAND, because the user doesn't know what may lay around next corner - innovation is driven by SUPPLY because of the need to supress one's competitor in the market place.
Don't forget that in the OSS world (unlike the AppStore equvalent), developers/hackers play a huge, if not determining factor in DEMAND, and that's where most of the innovation stems from.

ourselves: when photoshop.com releases a highly succesfull free app for the iPhone, what would take to have it released for the Maemo too ?
It would take X millions of people willing to pay for it. Nothing to do with technology or distribution channels, appstores, etc.