Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 15:40:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Ben Pitzer <uncleben@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: windows debate Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912191537540.26906-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991218221755.007a1010@pop.mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Ben Pitzer wrote: >Jonathan, in all, your brother-in-law is right about Gates' economic >impact. He undercut Apple's prices and technology, and convinced the world >that his product was better than Jobs' product. Was he right? Does it >matter? He got computers into homes, and now it's the job of people like The one point i disagree with here is that HARDWARE prices, not OS prices got computers into homes. WIndows helped,but it was cheaper hardware that made them more accessible. And unfortunately, a poor OS then made them prettier, if not more usable to the average Joe. -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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