Comments on: The Ecosystem Test http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/ Simeon Simeonov on entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sam S http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-18119 Sam S Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:58:58 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-18119 Hmm ... but DOS sure enabled the building of many Clone PC's. I'm not sure if it has to be about Apps alone or just the Empowering smaller innovators Hmm … but DOS sure enabled the building of many Clone PC’s.

I’m not sure if it has to be about Apps alone or just the Empowering smaller innovators

]]> By: rose http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-7413 rose Wed, 23 May 2007 23:09:51 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-7413 hello i really love it alot!!! great work :) hello i really love it alot!!! great work :)

]]> By: Simeon Simeonov http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-3657 Simeon Simeonov Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:22:13 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-3657 Alan, I guess I'm setting the ease of adoption bar quite high. DOS and Windows actually weren't that easy to develop for initially. Visual Basic was easy to develop in and is a platform that would pass the ecosystem test. Windows in its native form--an OS with a C-level APIs would fail. Anyone who's tried to build a Windows app in the early days (pre-MFC) would attest to the pain involved. Alan, I guess I’m setting the ease of adoption bar quite high. DOS and Windows actually weren’t that easy to develop for initially. Visual Basic was easy to develop in and is a platform that would pass the ecosystem test. Windows in its native form–an OS with a C-level APIs would fail. Anyone who’s tried to build a Windows app in the early days (pre-MFC) would attest to the pain involved.

]]> By: Alan Cole http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-3655 Alan Cole Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:47:20 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/the-mobile-ecosystem-test/#comment-3655 I'm not sure I see how DOS and Windows are exceptions to your "ecosystem test." The appearance of DOS on the relatively affordable PC in 1981 did allow from day one a huge number of individuals and companies, many "average, poorly funded players," to open the floodgates to a torrent of applications, including killer apps such as word processing programs and spreadsheets from a variety of companies. The huge army of DOS developers followed right along to Windows, introducing many thousands of applications to what must surely be called "a vibrant market." I’m not sure I see how DOS and Windows are exceptions to your “ecosystem test.” The appearance of DOS on the relatively affordable PC in 1981 did allow from day one a huge number of individuals and companies, many “average, poorly funded players,” to open the floodgates to a torrent of applications, including killer apps such as word processing programs and spreadsheets from a variety of companies. The huge army of DOS developers followed right along to Windows, introducing many thousands of applications to what must surely be called “a vibrant market.”

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