Re:Ask YC: To support Tiger or not to support Tiger?
by CPops on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @01:28AM
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I think the answer depends on what your product and target market is.
If your product is designed for technical-users, it's likely that most of them have already migrated to Leopard, making the headache of ensuring support for Tiger likely not worth it.
If your product is designed for non-technical users, the headache of remaining backwards-compatible is probably worth it based on the vast number of folks who don't upgrade until they buy a new computer with a new OS pre-installed.
If your product is designed for technical-users, it's likely that most of them have already migrated to Leopard, making the headache of ensuring support for Tiger likely not worth it.
If your product is designed for non-technical users, the headache of remaining backwards-compatible is probably worth it based on the vast number of folks who don't upgrade until they buy a new computer with a new OS pre-installed.