Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

Bruce Baker wrote:

> People vote with their feet.  So many people who are "knowledgable" like to
> scorn the "masses" the general guy, who buys this stuff and make Gates and his
> company successful.  But what we really need to be doing is figure out why he
> is successful and go out and beat him.  Yes it can be done and will be done.
> No he will not make it easy.
>
> People think his stuff is quality or they wouldnt buy word over wordperfect or
> use explorer or netscape or in an earlier time buy windows over quarterdeck (is
> that what it was called?) or now Win98 over linux or unix or beos, or whatever.
>
> BRuce

Most people bought/use these because the rags say they should. Most ads
are for M$ (read windows now) products. This does not make them better.
Many people buy it because that's what their company or boss bought and
it's what they know. Many of these people won't even learn the features in
the software they use, likewise the don't want to bother learning something
better or different. The only good point I have ever been able to make about
MS is their unification of the PC for the masses. If you want a robust OS
with real multitasking (and too much more to mention) check out Linux. The
amount of software available is staggering and the majority is free. It's still
a little technical so it's not ready for todays average user who only runs a
word processor or surfs the net, but for those of us who like to know what
makes the thing work, it's great. The same thing I like about the Apple II.

Phoenyx