Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 06:28:25 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net> Cc: <y3k@gti.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <01cb01c17896$abb81500$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <018601c1788d$09eb4520$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3642.208.216.122.52.1007010506.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu>
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Mark writes: > From what I saw during the years of Microsoft's > rise, the came to dominate the market through > a combination of their own wise business decisions > and unwise decisions of their competitors, mainly > Apple and IBM who made a plethora of poor decisions, > and the UNIX vendors who mostly chose to target > a completely different market than Microsoft. I fully agree. Not only did Microsoft make some smart decisions, but Apple made one mistake after another (and they are still making mistakes). I watched as Macs initially invaded desktops, only to be replaced by PCs a few years later. IBM was completely clueless, still thinking in mainframe terms, and UNIX vendors weren't interested. > Microsoft dominated the PC desktop and UNIX vendors > dominated high end RISC workstation desktops. As PC > hardware became more powerful and their price > remained about the same, they began to compete very > well with lower end RISC workstations, moving Microsoft > into markets that were solidly dominated by UNIX. > Technical superiority or desktop usability had almost > no role in their rise to dominance. Yes, but Windows still has the technical advantage of being purpose-built for the desktop, whereas UNIX does not. Thus, someone choosing a desktop for the first time today would be well advised to choose Windows even on a purely technical basis alone. > Three somewhat powerful arguements. None of them > related to any sort of technical superiority. Neither is your explanation above of UNIX domination of high-end workstations. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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