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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/14/2012 12:48 PM, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 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 can pick Ubunto.

It is designed to be as user friendly as Windows.

I just prefer Windows.

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

Ordinary users do not use database.

They need web browser, email, word processor, maybe a spreadsheet,
all the secondary stuff (AcrobatReader, FlashPlayer, Java etc.)
and maybe some IM/Skype type of app.

Arne