...where the buttons are laid out like an actual phone? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I like the old style where the buttons are laid out in a grid. I know that because it's also a PDA that it's design might preclude it from having such a layout, but it sure doesn't look like a phone.
BBC America really needs to dig up some of those early gems like Dr Who and The Prisoner and ease up on the home improvement shows.
That would be a good idea, but I don't think that the BBC would put on the Prisoner (as excellent as it is), because the Prisoner was made by ITC (Sir Lew Grade's company), not the BBC.
Maybe people just prefer Windows because it is superior and has the most software support?
No, the primary reason that Windows is more popular is because of hardware costs. The PC has now become a commodity item, like TV's and DVD players. Most PHB's only look at the hardware costs before buying a platform, not the support costs after buying the platform. If they looked at the TOC they would find Linux (and possibly even MacOS X, though the hardware is expensive) would be lower than a WinBox.
Thanks to the 'wonderful' computing monoculture that has developed, we are at the mercy of the Redmond monster. So what if the EU fines them, they have $50 billion (US) in the bank to deal with such 'troublesome quarrels'.
The only way the beast can be stopped is a change in technology, such as the way IBM was finally put down (thanks to a creature of their own development, no less).
It isn't Microsoft that's initially to blame for this monoculture, it's the massive numbers of PHB's who subscribe to the 'Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft' (or IBM in the old days) mentality that permeates IT purchasing.
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...where the buttons are laid out like an actual phone? Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I like the old style where the buttons are laid out in a grid. I know that because it's also a PDA that it's design might preclude it from having such a layout, but it sure doesn't look like a phone.
BBC America really needs to dig up some of those early gems like Dr Who and The Prisoner and ease up on the home improvement shows.
That would be a good idea, but I don't think that the BBC would put on the Prisoner (as excellent as it is), because the Prisoner was made by ITC (Sir Lew Grade's company), not the BBC.
Maybe people just prefer Windows because it is superior and has the most software support?
No, the primary reason that Windows is more popular is because of hardware costs. The PC has now become a commodity item, like TV's and DVD players. Most PHB's only look at the hardware costs before buying a platform, not the support costs after buying the platform. If they looked at the TOC they would find Linux (and possibly even MacOS X, though the hardware is expensive) would be lower than a WinBox.
Thanks to the 'wonderful' computing monoculture that has developed, we are at the mercy of the Redmond monster. So what if the EU fines them, they have $50 billion (US) in the bank to deal with such 'troublesome quarrels'.
The only way the beast can be stopped is a change in technology, such as the way IBM was finally put down (thanks to a creature of their own development, no less).
It isn't Microsoft that's initially to blame for this monoculture, it's the massive numbers of PHB's who subscribe to the 'Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft' (or IBM in the old days) mentality that permeates IT purchasing.