> 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.
Agreed. > > 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. Hey I used a Sinclair ZX80 as my first computer too :-) However, that was when I did a small project during my school days. What I really mean is that at work, were we ever given a choice? Windows seemed to be the only "PC" around! Regards, Kanwar Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
