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To: salmon76
> That may be true but need to rename PC World to something else if constantly trashing PCs. I can understand it if coming from MacWorld or something else.

I respectfully disagree. Trashing Windows or Microsoft is not "trashing PCs".

This may seem like splitting hairs, but Microsoft and Windows do not own the name "PC", and PC World owes them no special treatment or attitude, just because a lot of people say "PC" as a careless shorthand for "Windows computer". It's like calling any car made by General Motors a "Chevy".

"PC" (personal computer) is hardware architecture nomenclature, from the IBM-PC, which appropriated "personal computer" and named their product line with it. But the "PC" architecture runs a lot more than MS-DOS and Windows -- notably OS/2, BSD Unix, and Linux, all of which were developed on and for the "PC". Today, the majority of the world's millions of Linux computers, especially workstations, are PCs. A large percentage of them are Windows computers, with Windows removed and Linux installed.

The title "PC World" includes any operating system that can run on a PC. Thus, "PC World" is not analogous to "Windows World" or "Microsoft World", which would be the analogs to "Mac World" or "Apple World".

And BTW, that's why my ping list is the "Windows" ping list, not the "PC" ping list. It's for Windows topics (and very occasionally, non-Windows Microsoft news).

All that said, I acknowledge that for many people "PC" and "Windows" are essentially synonymous. It's unfortunate, but true.

27 posted on 04/26/2017 2:41:19 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

I currently work in IT dept. for a large healthcare company. I have also worked either directly or consulted with many other companies. When you say “PC”, almost everyone knows your talking about a Windows computer.


28 posted on 04/26/2017 8:12:34 PM PDT by salmon76
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