Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@b...> 
wrote:
> Andu,
> 
> Of course it is a missed market opportunity; ~95% of computer users use PCs.
> Bowhaus can only sell to ~5% of the possible market. It is as simple as
> that. Nothing arrogant about stating that surely?

I don't think it's as simple as that. While 95% of people use windows and the rest macs 
(not to count the increasing number of linux users) there's no way to know how many of 
those widows users actually do B&W digital printing. As far as I can tell most of them use 
macs specially that now with CUPS, network printing is so easy. 
Anyway, I doubt that developers who don't serve the Windows market right away are 
really that stupid as to not know (if) what they are missing, maybe there's more to it then 
just the percentage and the simple  logic you mention. 



> It doesn't matter which OS
> is your favourite; which ones do the potential customers buy is surely more
> important. Unless Bowhaus has info that shows that PC users would not buy
> their program (because they don't do digital imaging?), their is a large
> market there waiting for a cheap competitor to ImagePrint.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "px3n120x" <px3n120x@y...>
> > >
> >
> > Since you think you know better, why not start your own win32 software
> company to
> > satisfy that huge market you talk about and fill your pockets at the same
> time.
> > Alternatively you may want to port CUPS and Gimp-Print to windows in order
> to use
> > QTR. Screaming at a company that they don't deliver for your favorite OS
> is not really
> > productive, they could scream back to you if you really want their
> products to change
> > platforms (which might prove advantageous to you in the long run).
> > Missed market opportunity? Arrogance?
> >
> > Andu