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Why Microsoft will always be king
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Chooco:
avid is right in saying "it would be too complicated"
go to an office building and look how many stupid people there are. now, if we take those same stupid people and put them on Linux which is not as user friendly for things like printers and stuff like that, do you honestly think they would be able to do it? most people dont even know how to poke around through menus, my brother have no clue how to save pictures from the internet, i have to keep showing him over and over again.
if things that simple trip people up, there is no way they can cope with Linux.
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I have a feeling you have never worked in an "office environment". I have worked in an environment of around 3,000 users. Where WindowsNT Workstation was the exclusive desktop environment. I can tell you that we had the machines locked down so tight that the users could not change a thing, including adding printers on their workstation. This was all preconfigured by administrators. And if a change needed to be done, it was done by an administrator.
Many office environments are at least that strict. So in an office environment it's not a user issue, it's an administrator issue. And customizing the desktop/printing as an administrator is much easier on Linux than it is on Windows (assuming equally competent administrators for both platforms). The question is, can you find or develop the required applications for Linux to run your business. The answer right now is "yes" for some, and "no" for others.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
Zombie9920:
Microsoft is already the king of the hill. The user base numbers, the widespread use of MS formats as a standard, the gaming+application and hardware support for MS Windows, The profit that MS makes even during an economic slump, etc. speaks for itself.
Longhorn and Blackcomb are going to be the final nails in the Open Source coffin.
[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
voidmain:
Zombie, when open source usage starts to decline rather than climb as it has been doing steadily and exponentially, then come back. Until then, everything you say is nothing more than FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt).
trickyt:
Creedon wrote: My biggest issue with Microsoft is their ruthless business practices; they seem to be willing to degrade their own product to make it difficult (or impossible) for anyone to create applications that can be used on a Windows system, and NOT be owned by Microsoft (or at least licenced by Microsoft).
Creedon You get 5 stars because I totally agree with you.
Avid007: I rated you 5 stars too, because your points are well made and very rational. Also i agree with you, it is a good OS, even if their business practices are monopolistic.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by Happy XP User:
Creedon wrote: My biggest issue with Microsoft is their ruthless business practices; they seem to be willing to degrade their own product to make it difficult (or impossible) for anyone to create applications that can be used on a Windows system, and NOT be owned by Microsoft (or at least licenced by Microsoft).
Creedon You get 5 stars because I totally agree with you.
Avid007: I rated you 5 stars too, because your points are well made and very rational. Also i agree with you, it is a good OS, even if their business practices are monopolistic.
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Microsofts' business practices aren't nearly as good as thier NT OSes..but hey, are there any honest businesses out there?
A business has to be ruthless to survive in the cut-throat corporate world. If a business isn't ruthless they will be plowed under by a bigger dog(like how MS plowed Apple and Be under).
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