Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net>]

Vladimir Vooss wrote:

> Well, it's a very democratic piece you write. Very even, and sounding fair.
> However, where are the other (OS) softwares you mention? What was the nature of
> their demise, those that actually existed on the market. High quality is, I'm
> afraid a subjective term.  Bill Gates' anti-piracy activity is very high quality.
> The total gestalt, look, feel and overall behavior of Windows is, in others'
> opinions itself very low quality. However the delivery mechanism of Windows
> software is very high quality, albeit something of a shotgun wedding. Some of us
> think that the Mac OS feels more like a European sports car, while Windows drives
> like a Chevy Nova. These are subjective impressions, and in both camps, the
> blistering territorial, paranoid and foolish little pirates, Steve Jobs and Bill
> Gates' activities speak for themselves. We bought into them, because both these
> guys killed all the competition they every encountered - until now... Linux makes
> Windows feel cheap and plodding. BeOS makes both Mac and Windows feel like
> overweight ex-champions. There are no winners unless wealth is itself something to
> seek with total abandon. But if, because of the intense scrutiny that underlies
> the public's re-evaluation of both Mac and Windows the contenders and others of
> their ilk survive, then the alleged high quality of both Windows and Mac will be
> more like water down the toilet.  We'll see.
>
> Vladimir Vooss

I've been a fan of Linux for years. I'm glad to see it coming into it's own. The
biggest
problem it has is the general public will be lost trying to use it. It's too
technical for
the average person. This is changing slowly though.

Phoenyx