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To: theFIRMbss
This will change the world.

No it won't, the market already shows that people prefer Windows to Mac OS.

46 posted on 10/13/2006 8:34:30 AM PDT by rivercat (Welcome to California. Now go home.)
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To: dcam

"No it won't, the market already shows that people prefer Windows to Mac OS."

With respect, it only shows that M$ was better at marketing and staying away from proprietary hardware.


49 posted on 10/13/2006 8:40:45 AM PDT by DonaldC
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To: dcam
the market already shows that people prefer Windows to Mac OS.

Not for a minute. Unfortunately, some key software for our business runs on PC's only. It is very very regrettable.

There are two problems with MS. One - their software is completely counter-intuitive. I should not be sent across the internet to look up a usermanual to do what seems like the obvious next task except that I cannot figure out which of their various menu submenus the important task might be filed under. Two - they started off with no clear distinction between what is OS and what is application. Even in XP I get the occasional software glitch that crashes the machine. There is no excuse for THAT! None.

192 posted on 10/14/2006 3:49:26 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: dcam
No it won't, the market already shows that people prefer Windows to Mac OS.

Most Windows users who try a Mac prefer the Mac. The marketshare is because of several reasons, including IBM's muscle in the early days, an open architecture for hardware (and Compaq reverse-engineering the IBM BIOS), Microsoft's love for backwards compatibility (which is one reason for the numerous problems in Windows), and some pretty bad management at Apple in the 90s.

361 posted on 10/15/2006 8:05:46 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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