[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/5/2024 1:43 PM, bill wrote:
> On 1/5/2024 1:27 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On the consumer side I expect drivers like:
>> - they know Windows
> 
> At the user level very low learning curve to change.

It may still be more effort than average Joe want to put in.

>> - they use Windows at work
> 
> I would expect that most of the people who develop Linux OS and
> apps in their spare time use Windows at work.  One does not preclude
> the other.

"people who develop Linux OS and apps" are very different from
average Joe.

>> - they have some old Windows programs that they like
> 
> Unless they are running an old version of Windows their
> programs probably don't work.  I have had to replace external
> hardware devices I use not because the device stopped working
> but because the software did.

Any ordinary application build for NT or 2000 should still work.

>> - their PC came with Windows
> 
> And, if the (Illegal?) pressure from MS was removed they could
> just as easily come with Linux.  And it could make them cheaper.

It has been tried. Not much sale.

>> The hassle of changing to Linux is not worth it given
>> how cheap Windows is for consumers.
> 
> Something not guaranteed to continue.

No guarantees for anything.

Well the old joke say that it is guaranteed that we will all
die and taxes will go up.

:-)

>                                     Not how Office is no longer
> sold but uses a subscription service so they can continue to collect
> revenue while forcing users to constantly change to newer versions
> even if the newer version offers the user nothing.

Some are comfortable with the subscription model. A lot use
it for various services used by their smartphone.

But there is also a large number of home PC's with Windows but
without MS Office.

Arne