On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 05:30:18AM +1100, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 03:08, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:41:03PM +0100, Paul wrote: > > > In reply to David's mail, d.d. 06 Dec 2002 11:56:42 +0000: > > > > > > >Having said that, I do still think Mandrake is a great package: they all > > > >have their faults! > > > > > > I know Linux's faults are many > > > And Microsoft has but two > > > > What are those, their operating systems and their software? > > > > Todd :) > > > > The game: > > It's not how GOOD your OS or your software is - it's how you MARKET > them... > > (OS/2 was more stable and stronger than Win95 - Win95 won out. BeOS was > faster and more stable than Win95 or Win98, but same game. WordPerfect > was rather strong and stable, but Word/Office won out. CompuServe was > more intelligent and more useful, but AOL won out. Wendy's - in the US - > has better food, but McD's won out...same game, over and over again - > it's not product, it's marketing. MS has had bugs for 14 years and still > ain't addressed the original bugs - they cover them up, or put out a new > package so that you forget about the previous bugs...)
Yes, see Everett Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations. Lots of interesting stories about why some products/ideas take and others don't. Todd
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