Getting Rich Writing Mac Software

Udo Schmitz writes "Look at this as kind of a followup to an article from yesterday, which was weak and boring although the author had a point. Enter Wil Shipley of Omni Group and Delicious Monster fame. At WWDC 2005 he gave a talk (PDF) about why he develops software for the Mac, when "all the other kids" are programming for Windows. Choice quote: "Windows users only ever use three apps: Word, IE (for e-mail), and iTunes"."

Comments

Oh, come on now...

[plazman30]

We all know Windows users make heavy use of Gator, Internet Search Bar, Precision Time, SQL Slammer, Code Red, Nimda, and a lot of other cool programs they may not even know they have!

I just wish Windows users would stop sharing all this great software with the rest of us!

Re:Seriously: other big Windows software...

[hunterx11]

MPEG-2 unfortunately is only free as in eyepatch.

reading slashdot when you've just woken up

[SuperBanana]

I'm a 21 year Mac user, I buy all of my software to support the developers who code for our platform.
[snip]
You may say "games", I have bought 20 games this year alone at $50 or more a pop for my DP PowerMac G5
[snip]
I need a machine to do my work in peace and security and enjoying my mid-life crises with a occasional diversion into 3D games is a pleasant diversion.

I did a doubletake here...I read your first sentence as "I'm a 21 year OLD Mac user".

First I was pissed you could afford a dual processor G5 and spend $1k a year on games ("damn kids these days, mummy&daddy buy them everything"), but then I realized you weren't going live past 40, and couldn't decide between feeling sorry for you, or saying "ha-ha!" like that bulley on the Simpsons. Then "he thinks 21 is mid-life?" popped into my head, and finally, "Oh. 21 year user of Macintoshes. Mid life crisis. Ah."

I need to read Slashdot more often, after just waking up. It makes reading it far more interesting and entertaining.