Re: Anti-MS drivel

[yossarian <yossarian () planet nl>]

> Hi yossarian,
>
> Am Mi, den 21.01.2004 schrieb yossarian um 02:04:
> ...
> > So, basically, you are blaming the MS people for building a UI that can
be
> > used by anyone.
>
> You haven't understood. Basically _I'm_ blaming "the MS people" for
> building a product that _can't_ be used by anyone but _is_ used by
> anyone.

Mmmm, who forced them to use it? Not the IT people, who at the time where
still locked up in the Ivory Towers of Data Heaven. I remember my then CEO
(at a big bank) firing the head of IT, because he was still opposing windows
on the desktop, and the CEO could make splendid presentations and the like
on his sons windows PC. It was a bottom up revolution, small businesses and
home users where the early adaptors.

The fact that people use Windows and Office, proves that they can - basic
Vulcan Logic. The faulty nature does not deter many people from using it, so
the flaws cannot be too serious. Otherwise they would just stop or get an
alternative. Before Mandrake 9 many companies tried to push their desktop
OS... and failed. Remember Warp? Or NeXTstep? Or Perihelios? They went to
bit heaven since the users chose MS.

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