I definitely agree that the day IBM agree to allow Microsoft to license their MS-DOS on all IBM compatible computers (rather than buy the rights from them) made a tremendous change in the way computers would be run from then on. I think the implementation of Microsoft Windows 95 was the final step because it now allowed all users to be able to use their programs with relative ease.
Yes..yes.. I know i am going to get flamed for this one...but here is, in my opinion, the reason why Windows succeeds currently. It this the same reason that everyone complains about it on here. It is very simple and intuitive for the common person. People can easily sit down at a computer and, perhaps with a little help, understand what is going on in Windows and pick up how to use it much quicker than Linux. The normal person does not understand Linux and would get lost. You have to recognize that the normal user of Linux is much more computer-oriented than the normal user of Windows. All of the Microsoft Office products are very simple to use and produce quality results. Could this be done better with other products? Definitely. However, the simplicity of Word, Excel, Access (for what it does, it makes things very simple and easy to pick up) cause it to be so widely accepted. I think the fact that all of the Office products and Windows run so intertwined with one another is beneficial to users and has helped create much more opportunities for home users and especially for business users.
So you are saying that if I bought a gun, gave it to a kid and showed him how to shoot someone, then I should not be responsible? The back orifice guy should be just as responsible as the user.
I agree with that. All I was replying about was that the other person said that Bill should pay the $30 Billion it would cost the consumers to break up his company. That would be absurd for him to pay the reprocussions for the breakup of his company...besides, if his company was dissolved, most of his money would be gone since a lot of his money is in Microsoft stock. If the company was being dissolved, the stock would plummet.
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I definitely agree that the day IBM agree to allow Microsoft to license their MS-DOS on all IBM compatible computers (rather than buy the rights from them) made a tremendous change in the way computers would be run from then on. I think the implementation of Microsoft Windows 95 was the final step because it now allowed all users to be able to use their programs with relative ease.
Yes..yes.. I know i am going to get flamed for this one...but here is, in my opinion, the reason why Windows succeeds currently. It this the same reason that everyone complains about it on here. It is very simple and intuitive for the common person. People can easily sit down at a computer and, perhaps with a little help, understand what is going on in Windows and pick up how to use it much quicker than Linux. The normal person does not understand Linux and would get lost. You have to recognize that the normal user of Linux is much more computer-oriented than the normal user of Windows. All of the Microsoft Office products are very simple to use and produce quality results. Could this be done better with other products? Definitely. However, the simplicity of Word, Excel, Access (for what it does, it makes things very simple and easy to pick up) cause it to be so widely accepted. I think the fact that all of the Office products and Windows run so intertwined with one another is beneficial to users and has helped create much more opportunities for home users and especially for business users.
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ok...you can flame me now.
Just a quick note in case you didn't know:
AOL bought out ICQ (mirabilis) last year. AOL owns both AOL IM (obviously) and ICQ now.
So you are saying that if I bought a gun, gave it to a kid and showed him how to shoot someone, then I should not be responsible? The back orifice guy should be just as responsible as the user.
oops sorry about that. I replied to the wrong message. My bad.
I agree with that. All I was replying about was that the other person said that Bill should pay the $30 Billion it would cost the consumers to break up his company. That would be absurd for him to pay the reprocussions for the breakup of his company...besides, if his company was dissolved, most of his money would be gone since a lot of his money is in Microsoft stock. If the company was being dissolved, the stock would plummet.