Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:17:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: uncleben@mindspring.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: windows debate Message-ID: <19991220221708.2046F15374@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991219151108.007fcc70@pop.mindspring.com> (message from Ben Pitzer on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 15:11:08 -0500)
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> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 15:11:08 -0500 > From: Ben Pitzer <uncleben@mindspring.com> > > True, but what then made the PC platform more desirable than the Mac > platform, for which hardware prices were also lower? The Mac GUI OS was > far superior to the DOS command line for many average users when the > hardware prices dropped. Much less daunting, at the least. And MUCH > prettier. IBM....IBM backed the DOS box, published the BIOS to the XT and the AT. Clone makers duplicated the box at a greatly reduced price to teh end user. Businesses everywhere jumped on board (you never got fired for buying IBM) and created the market for DOS and Windows. Only later did users demand better functionality, and ease of use. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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