We're not referring to those platforms, actually. Neither has much to do with the core problems we're tackling, such as that people currently have to shuffle data between desktop and Web apps. Apollo sounds very similar, but it mostly solves the developer problem of "I have Web skills but want to create a desktop app." The additional UI affordances aside, it's still unclear to me how Apollo apps are worlds better than regular web apps from a user's perspective.
We were actually referring to some smaller companies that have announced or launched recently, such as Slingshot.
To be clear, I don't think the issue is having more apps, but having great apps. In our experience, luring users who can then lure developers is the best way to break the chicken-and-egg problem that any new platform faces. We also believe that building the apps and the platform concurrently yields a better platform.
We were actually referring to some smaller companies that have announced or launched recently, such as Slingshot.
To be clear, I don't think the issue is having more apps, but having great apps. In our experience, luring users who can then lure developers is the best way to break the chicken-and-egg problem that any new platform faces. We also believe that building the apps and the platform concurrently yields a better platform.