There's even a quote from Bill Gates in which he dismisses someone (Facebook?) as a platform, because the amount of revenue they skim is usurious.
He specifically cites Windows as a platform model because they could have absorbed far more rent from their developers, but chose not to.
There's even a quote from Bill Gates in which he dismisses someone (Facebook?) as a platform, because the amount of revenue they skim is usurious.
He specifically cites Windows as a platform model because they could have absorbed far more rent from their developers, but chose not to.