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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:55:46 +0200
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
To:        "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1018305360.42814a@mired.org>
Cc:        "Randall Hamilton" <nitedog@silly.pikachu.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix
Message-ID:  <00c801c1db62$baa46b20$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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Mike writes:

> Sorry, but if you make an objective evaluation,
> Windows *sucks* as a desktop.

I'd be happy to examine such an evaluation.  Show me one.  My own
evaluations show the opposite.

> It forces you into the click-to-type model
> for window management, which is the least
> efficient model of the common models.

It has other advantages that more than compensate for this.

> If you're willing to invest a little time
> learning something radically different ...

I'm not.  I have other things to do, things for which I require the PC as a
tool, not as a keen, geeky toy in itself.  It is not cost-effective for me
to invest any time in learning something radically different, from a
business standpoint.

> ... you can shave a *lot* of actions - and
> thus a lot of time - off those tasks.

And how much additional revenue will this bring in?

> Of course, anyone who can set aside their
> biases will realize that going to something
> radically different isn't always a good idea,
> and following the path of least resistance
> - Windows - may be the right solutions for
> some people, even if that path does suck.

Correct.


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