The book really seems more about what everyone wants to hear. No wonder its a best seller everyone likes to hear that their right. People come down real hard on microsoft but the fact still remains. Microsoft still controls a large portion of the market share and I dont really see that being jepordized.
Until we get another crutch or a crutchless system were still all going to be leaning on microsoft. It seems to me that theres a spitefull hatred of that which we regret needing. Now granted I know that there is Linux and BSD but there prevelance is no large enough nor established enough to show real dominance.
We all hate to admit it but the fact remains that to adopt a common standard new OS's have to cater to the "AOL" user. The "I just want to get on, get my email, and play my games." IMHO another setback that should ease with time is that Microsoft has a history, there are a lot of old programs and moving to another OS procludes the use of that which most people are comfortable. So not only are we asking them to try a new system but were asking them to leave behind everything they know and relearn because a "we" say that its better. The person is smart but the "people" are not. The people have no concept of longterm goals. So until you can make the prize as enticing as microsoft in the short term and the long term there is little hope. The only other way is neccessity, but that implementation seems extremely farfetched....
They say those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. However things are much different now, just because making a right turn 20 years ago proved a disaster doesn't mean it will today. In some ways not knowing that history leaves us more free to make an uninfluenced descion. As to the well the other parts of the world don't know about encyrption (whine whine) guess what neither did I, no one came to me and said here let me take your hand, I know what I know because I had the drive to find out. We aren't intolerant of the people who know less, we are intolerant of the people who choose to know less through there actions or lack of actions. If you don't know LEARN, but its not my job to teach you!
So far its just $150.00 for an address book. Until they get the web integration right and cellular air time comes down, I think I will just stick to pen and paper The truth is but a poor excuse for lack of imagination
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They say those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. However things are much different now, just because making a right turn 20 years ago proved a disaster doesn't mean it will today. In some ways not knowing that history leaves us more free to make an uninfluenced descion. As to the well the other parts of the world don't know about encyrption (whine whine) guess what neither did I, no one came to me and said here let me take your hand, I know what I know because I had the drive to find out. We aren't intolerant of the people who know less, we are intolerant of the people who choose to know less through there actions or lack of actions. If you don't know LEARN, but its not my job to teach you!
So far its just $150.00 for an address book. Until they get the web integration right and cellular air time comes down, I think I will just stick to pen and paper The truth is but a poor excuse for lack of imagination