[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 5/13/2012 7:12 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<0rCdnXNUn4uPfTLSnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert"<rgilbert88 at comcast.net>  writes:
>> On 5/13/2012 6:20 AM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
>>> Arne Vajhøj schrieb:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> DEC/CPQ/HP did not ruin your career.
>>>>
>>>> The guy that told you 25 years ago that it was a good approach
>>>> in the IT business to learn one technology and stick to that for
>>>> life did.
>>>
>>> And what if he'd recommended Weendoze?
>>>
>>>> It is not the case. Technologies come and technologies go all
>>>> the time.
>>>
>>> So when can we expect M$ to go away?
>>>
>>
>> When you write better software and charge a lot less for it!
>
> Micro$oft: premium priced shite software.
>
> There is much better software and, in many cases, it's free; so why _DO_
> people want to pay for Micro$oft crap?

Because it's ubiquitous and it works.  You may complain about "click and 
drool" interfaces but they work and millions use them.  The alternatives 
are????????????????  If there are any, they are hard to find, expensive, 
. . . .  It's practically a given that Brand X is
not compatible with Brands "Y" and/or "Z"!

You have available the three "Killer Applications": Spreadsheet, Word 
Processor, and Database.

Then there is the fourth "Killer App"!  Turbo-Tax will never make the 
"ides of April" bearable but it beats hell out of wrestling with Form 
1040 Schedules A, B, C, D, E, F. . . . by hand and then Form NJ1040, and 
schedules. . . .