Re: www.microsoft.com sure needs a lot of silicon

> > Unix is a very cold operating system (its warm enough for me!).
>
> Ever use NEXTSTEP? Try it sometime....

Nope. I have nothing against NS. Everyone says it is totally cool. I believe them. But 5(?) years on, where is it in the marketplace?

NS is a very interesting system from a business perspective. Its so good yet nobody uses it...  

> > Windows is very easy to assimilate: it looks good. Who cares how
> > well it works ? (I do, but the average person in the street wouldnt
> > even understand the question).
>
> Let's assume that what you say here is true for a moment. Are you
> suggesting that it's a good thing that the average computer user is
> willing to tolerate badly written operating systems (presumably because
> they don't know any better)?

No - I am not suggesting it is a 'good thing'. Its reality. If I go to a HI-FI shop or a car shop, I buy something based on how I perceive it to be. It may be a crap car or hi-fi to you, but that doesnt matter to _me_.

Microsoft's marketing ensure that if you do NOT buuy MS, you should feel worried.

How many of your computer-illiterate relatives have a computer? What s/w do they run? Did you advise them?

Repeat that question amongst the Internet audience, and the questions we are answering are not based on what we personally, as techies know, but on the buying publics knowledge of the market.  

> -Chuck
>
> Charles Swiger | cs4w_at_andrew.cmu.edu | standard disclaimer
> ----------------+---------------------+---------------------
> I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
 

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