Virtues of Monoculture, Or Why Microsoft Wins

blackbearnh writes to ask, "Why does Microsoft win the development environment war so often, when we all know it's a lifetime lock-in to Windows? Perhaps it's because the open source community offers too much choice." From the post: "Microsoft offers the certainty of no choices. Choice isn't always good, and the open source community sometimes offers far too many ways to skin the same cat, choices that are born more out of pride, ego, or stubbornness than a genuine need for two different paths. I won't point fingers, everyone knows examples... The reality is that there are good, practical reasons that drive people into the arms of the Redmond tool set, and we need to accept that as a fact and learn from it, rather than shake our fists and curse the darkness."

Comments

Re:John McCain on the Daily Show: Bomb bomb bomb

[Wonko the Sane]

Remember those old "Celebrity Deathmatch" shows? I'd pay to see a Stephen Colbert vs. John Stewart deathmatch.

Re:As in

[sugarmotor]

Actually there are lots of different open-source web browsers, starting with emacs.

But I don't even know anyone who doesn't "just use firefox".

Re:John McCain on the Daily Show: Bomb bomb bomb

[zippthorne]

Nobody cares about McCain anymore. Probably not even his constituents. My guess is they voted for "the guy that by now has enough seniority to maybe get us some pork."