12 Nov
2002
12 Nov
'02
2:15 p.m.
"Simon Jenkins" <sjenkins(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
But where would they have been now if they had taken
the fully
open route? Somewhere better? Somewhere worse? Where could
a hypothetical competitor who started now, from scratch, with a
fully open model get to? Would they catch up and overtake? Would
they fail to catch up? Would they win or lose against chameleon in
its own niche? Or would they carve out a new niche, next-door to
the chameleon but not quite competing with it?
I don't know the answers to these questions.
My guess is that their market niche is small enough that it is not
attractive to potential competitors. Having a Linux SDK likely wouldn't add
enough potential sales to make a new product development project worthwhile.
Len Moskowitz
Core Sound