“Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support - a significant problem in the software industry.” HelpingProblemSupportProductsIndustrySignificantConsistentSoftwarePlatformsMaintaining Author:Bill Gates
“Open platforms and experimental amateurs eventually beat out the spendy, slick pros. Relying on incumbents to produce your revolutions is not a good strategy. They're apt to take all the stuff that makes their products great and try to use technology to charge you extra for it, or prohibit it altogether.” TryingUseStuffTechnologyProduceProductsRevolutionBeatsStrategyExtrasPensPlatformsIncumbentsSlick Author:Cory Doctorow
“I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement.” PeopleRoomsProductsExpectationsDirectNotionDisappearApplesSuspectsPlatformsLiving RoomConsoleAnnouncements Author:Gabe Newell