Better to say:
the mass market does NOT want to know this
The average non-geek (a.k.a. mass market) does not need a spiffy skinnable Winamp or some file compression utility that has extra options. It's easy to get upset by the lack of choice for the user but before you go too far, take a look at the followers of the Pied Piper: Are they entranced or willingly naive?
"Quicktime doesn't prevent other media players from working"
Oh, and the Media Player does?
"MacOS doesn't tie OS level features to the browser, stuff like ActiveX"
For many MCSDs this is a convenience in the job at hand...
"MacOS doesn't tie OS level features to the browser, stuff like ActiveX"
Oh, again I must have missed where WXP does this...
"Apple doesn't have the monopoly power to force people to use their products."
Not the brightest arguement.
"No choice == monopoly"
The choice comes when the user purchases a pc or a mac... and yet another choice when they choose Win, Lin, or etc...(Albeit a less fair choice for the beginning consumer).
The only reason Autos are sold with options is because they're so expensive to begin with and they'd sink in the market place if they didn't offer them. Yet some people choose to simply pay more for an easier to use item (i.e. BMW full of features : Windows) instead of a stripped item (i.e. Yugo : Place OS name here).
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The average non-geek (a.k.a. mass market) does not need a spiffy skinnable Winamp or some file compression utility that has extra options. It's easy to get upset by the lack of choice for the user but before you go too far, take a look at the followers of the Pied Piper: Are they entranced or willingly naive?
Darwin would have been proud of MS :-)
"Quicktime doesn't prevent other media players from working" Oh, and the Media Player does? "MacOS doesn't tie OS level features to the browser, stuff like ActiveX" For many MCSDs this is a convenience in the job at hand... "MacOS doesn't tie OS level features to the browser, stuff like ActiveX" Oh, again I must have missed where WXP does this... "Apple doesn't have the monopoly power to force people to use their products." Not the brightest arguement.
Just as a helicoptor is a great way to travel for knowledgeable patient people, but don't expect the average Joe to RTFM
Well no shit Sherlock! If you don't like it, don't use it! Doh!
"No choice == monopoly" The choice comes when the user purchases a pc or a mac... and yet another choice when they choose Win, Lin, or etc...(Albeit a less fair choice for the beginning consumer). The only reason Autos are sold with options is because they're so expensive to begin with and they'd sink in the market place if they didn't offer them. Yet some people choose to simply pay more for an easier to use item (i.e. BMW full of features : Windows) instead of a stripped item (i.e. Yugo : Place OS name here).