Choate wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Tim May wrote:
>
>> At 3:28 AM -0400 4/5/00, Tom Vogt wrote:
>> >Lucky Green wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'd say that Phill is summing up the facts rather nicely. To all those
>> >> celebrating the "victory" of the largest Borg known to man
>>(the USG) over
>> >> Microsoft: if they can outlaw Windows, they can outlaw Linux.
>> >
>> >sorry if I missed anything, but who exactly wants to outlaw windows?
>> >from the news we get over here, it seems more like the business practice
>> >of forcing it on everyone is in question, not the product.
>>
>>
>> It isn't forced on everyone. I don't have or use Windows. (At least
>> not since the execrable 1.0).
>>
>> Get your facts straight.
>
>No Tim, get your facts straight.
Pot kettle black.
>
>Microsoft for years has done everything they can do eliminate or delay
>competition. The sole intent is to reduce the actual number of options
>available to the consumer. This will in fact drive the MS product line
The only relevant question is whether they used force--in
this case the force of government to do this. In this case the answer
is "sometimes". The fact that they frequently used the power of the
courts--in some cases just the *threat* of taking a small company to
court--ALMOST makes the judgement palatable. Almost. It's still a
case of government getting involved where they have no mandate and
cannot help things.
>onto your desktop because of two facts. The first will be the simple
>elimination of the alternative product line. You have a Mac, How popular
>is Mac?
Fairly. Especially in some areas.
>Do they have a significant share of the market?
Yes.
>Has Mac been
>growing or floundering? etc.
Lately growing.
>In addition, one of the primary complaints with Linux, even today, is the
>lack of apps.
Mostly by people who don't know what they are talking about.
Other than niche market applications, and "games", linux has
at least one viable entry in every category (except Visio). There are
several word processors (Lyx, Star Office, WordPerfect etc. Siag)
Several spreadsheets (Wingz was one, Star Office, Siag) Presentation
software (Siag, IIRC, Star Office etc.).
What people mean when they say "It doesn't have any
Applications" is that "It doesn't run MS Office" and "I can't find
enough games for it".
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