Microsoft Windows has become the dominant
platform in radiology desktop applications (e.g.,
PACS frontends) not because of its superior
development platform, but rather because of its
sheer penetration into hospitals and on home
desktops with upwards of 90% of the world’s PC
market. It will be similar for the iPhone, the first
successful entrant becomes the market dominator.
This self selection is a reflection of the war for the
hearts and minds of the development and business
community. Once the platform passes a tipping
point, development snowballs on a platform and
innovation blossoms