Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
These things have been debated before. The question is not how many computers are out there with operating system n, but how much software do people with operating system n purchase. As it turns out, people who purchase the cheapest PC they can find are rarely interested in purchasing a lot of

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
This is rather like a person who drives a propane vehicle getting upset because there aren't just as many propane refilling stations as there are gas stations. Sorry Richmond. Software vendors are not trying to be fair. They are trying to feed their families, and no one accepts good feelings as

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Richmond
On 21/10/15 19:42, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: As the saying goes, there are lies, there are Damnable lies, and then there are statistics. from Mark Twain The well-known computer software developer. R.

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Richmond
On 21/10/15 19:03, Bob Sneidar wrote: This is rather like a person who drives a propane vehicle getting upset because there aren't just as many propane refilling stations as there are gas stations. Sorry Richmond. Software vendors are not trying to be fair. They are trying to feed their

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Roger Eller
Take a look inside corporate America. Mostly PCs, mostly running Windows. Refine this to companies who print on flexible packaging that require precise calculations of image distortions when specific materials are run through a heat-shrink tunnel, or convolved in many ways to meet other

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: > On 21/10/15 19:03, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> This is rather like a person who drives a propane vehicle getting >> upset because there aren't just as many propane refilling stations >> as there are gas stations. Sorry Richmond. Software vendors are >> not trying to be fair. They are

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-20 Thread Warren Samples
On 10/20/2015 12:27 PM, Richmond wrote: P.S. I also use my computer to iron my socks. Maybe you should put another fan or two in it! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-20 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 10/20/2015 1:27 PM, Richmond wrote: > Some of us are neither, and resent this kind of 'push' that makes all > sorts of > unwarranted assumptions about what we run on our computers, why we run > it, > and what we do with it. It it absolutely your prerogative to be ticked off. Just as it is the

Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-20 Thread Richard Gaskin
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[OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-20 Thread Richmond
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Re: [OT] Mac/Window duopoly assumptions

2015-10-20 Thread Mark Schonewille
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