Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:14:43 -0500 (EST) From: "David C. Maple" <dmaple@Methos.Net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jxm6801@megahertz.njit.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: David's comments... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911171014100.31930-100000@zephrey.methos.net> In-Reply-To: <383206DC.D76CF5BA@megahertz.njit.edu>
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Amen.
dmaple@methos.net
'The bigger it bloats, the harder it falls.'
-- "The 48 Laws of Power" (R. Greene, J Elffers)
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> Okay, okay, i give up.. you win. Unfortunately, sometimes we computer
> fans forget that the general populous doesn't want what we want. We
> like toys, and tinkering. Most people want Plug 'n' Play. We want
> flexibility, they want simplicity. So, on that count Microsoft wins.
> They have made a simpler, easier, more limited and trimmed down OS that
> gives most people exactly what they want: a $1000 typewriter, index card
> file, web surfer, calculator, and video game. So they win. Unix is
> powerful, but you have to have a degree, serious book education, or
> insatiably curiosity along with free time to use it.
>
> I do feel, however, that the judge had some salient points about the
> techniques Microsoft used to accomplish its purposes. I don't think
> they were all ideal examples of the competition intended by capitalism.
>
> I only hope there is a revolution around the corner that will be
> powerful enough to stop the Microsoft juggernaut. And I think it would
> be more gratifying if that defeat came from a better product, rather
> than from a government decision.
>
>
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