> > > >>Were windows has a forced > > > >>evolutionary development based on what sells > > > >> software. > > Much as I hate to admit it, it's worked pretty well > > in respect of that > > goal. It could be argued that its evolution has been > > quite successful to > > date. > Fact is that soon, taking a similar analogy, we might > be saying: There must be something right in what the > terrorists are demanding otherwise they would not be > so widespread! That wasn't quite my intention. I was obliquely pointing out that "success" depends on what you were aiming at. To be explicit: If the goal is taken to be high-quality software, Microsoft have infamously underachieved. If the goal is to make money, though, they've done very well indeed.
If even the terrorists themselves don't think what they're demanding is right, either it's a distraction while they work on their real goals, or they have very antisocial ways of passing time. Also, non-terrorists might think that what they're demanding is right, regardless of whether they agree with terrorist methods. Using a similar analogy as you suggest, though, I'll point out that just as Mr Gates keeps doing what he does because it achieves his intentions, terrorism is used here and there because it sometimes achieves its intentions. Whether a given person thinks the demands are "right" is a separate issue. > Just because you had no choice on what was thrown at > your face when you first faced a computer does not > mean it was right. The first computer I used was a Commodore PET. I didn't know any different. The second was a Sinclair ZX81. I didn't think it was entirely "right," mainly because of the extremely frustrating input system. The more I used Windows, the more horribly wrong it seemed. Cheers, James -- ...so there I am at ten thousand feet with a power drill in one hand, a takeaway menu in the other, no parachute and a _very_ suprised expression...
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