Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 04:59:14 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Chat Mailing List" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Technical Information" <tech_info@threespace.com> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <019001c17bae$e03b1960$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <008901c17a30$7d084f40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.37543.15609.362257@guru.mired.org> <040701c179af$4bda25f0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.43943.686638.723011@guru.mired.org> <003301c179ea$8925d270$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.2156.193643.17139@guru.mired.org> <005601c179f3$a4030640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15368.5624.255357.964607@guru.mired.org> <008901c17a30$7d084f40$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011202215531.018f3d80@threespace.com>
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Chip writes: > This is one of the things that never ceases to > amaze me about this list--how easily the people > on here forget that YOU (WE) ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE > OF MASS-MARKET COMPUTER USERS. If we were, we > wouldn't be here now. Exactly. With no clue as to the attitudes and requirements of the _average_ computer user. > Believe me, there's a reason that every version > of Windows to date will still run the same DOS > software that existed nearly 20 years ago. Because there are still users out there who want to run that software, and won't buy anything that doesn't allow that. Indeed, there are _corporations_ out there who still want to run that software, too. > I've often said that technologically superior > products are doomed to fail in the marketplace > because they tend to rely on their superior > technology as incentive for people to buy them. Doomed is a strong word. I don't think that products often succeed big-time on technical merit alone, but a handful do (CDs and DVDs come to mind). Usually, though, other factors decide which technology succeeds (cf. VHS vs. Betamax). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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