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Originally Posted by Spfamy1
I am wondering what those other multi billion dollar companies out there think of Marvin. I'm looking at you Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
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They likely don't know it exists, and that's probably a very good thing. Remember what happened the last time when Amazon "noticed" Stanza? Yeah, they bought it in order to kill it. Oh yeah, I remember all that disingenuous propaganda talk about "incorporating the best of Stanza in our Kindle software". Yeah, right.
Only a fool would believe that. The strategy is: kill the competition, and retain your focus on
mediocrity, because that's where the big buck is. Software creation is just like any other area of creativity. Are the best-selling music artists, or the top-selling movie blockbusters, really the finest, top-quality works of music and cinematography? I don't think so. Striving for top quality is a very small niche in the global marketplace.
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Originally Posted by Spfamy1
they seem to be satisfied offering only mediocre reading experiences with their ereader software.
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You can bet your last dollar on that.
If the corporations strove for top excellence of their e-reader software, only about 1% (or 0.01%) of their paying customers would notice any difference, so... they just won't strive for top excellence. If being mediocre is all that it takes, why strive for more?
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Originally Posted by Spfamy1
As for Marvin 3 goes it is a miracle it even exists.
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Just as you say. When Amazon killed Stanza, I thought we were doomed forever.