“An OS, as a platform, usually has a finite life. It is born, grows and usually reaches a point where it is no longer supported,” Horace Dediu writes for Asymco. “Sometimes, a new platform is born to take its place from the original owner but more often a replacement comes from a new challenger company.”
“If we do think of platforms as finite, then the natural question is what causes an end? We need to look for patterns which may indicate when a platform is reaching end of life,” Dediu writes.
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]