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Konfabulator Coming to Windows

Posted by michael on from the tyranny-of-the-majority dept.

islandroots writes "Arlo Rose, developer of the popular Konfabulator widget, is moving his application from Mac OS X to Windows. Back when Apple unveiled their next OS, Mac OS X Tiger with Dashboard, Arlo Rose accused Apple of copying his application. 'We're all diehard Macintosh developers here, but we recognize that Windows is the dominant platform,' Rose said in a statement. 'When you have a great idea, you want more than 2 percent of the global market to have access to it.'"

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  1. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by lowe0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd rather have 18 months of revenues from 95% of the market than 6 months of revenues from 2%.

    The smart thing to do would be to build up some cash, start working on the next killer idea, and release it cross-platform next time. That WILL teach Apple a lesson, though a small one.

  2. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by mccoma · · Score: 5, Insightful
    next killer idea

    also, try to pick a concept that wasn't implemented in the classic Mac OS that Apple is likely to bring forward into OS X.