Bill Gates assists in funding first aviation-themed public high school

Teacherjh wrote:

1: Several OSs work better than Windows. Windows is just sort-of adequate.
Adequate is good enough for Americans.


Oh, yeah. Thanks a bunch for pointing that out to all of us. Of
course, that's why everyone is using them (NOT).

2: Consumer "acceptance" has squat to do with quality. It has to do with
marketing and compatibility.


In the short term, MAYBE. Long term, what works, and VALUE per DOLLAR
makes the difference, in terms of what lasts in the marketplace.

ET wrote:

Of course we all know that if, say Netscape was used by 90%+ of all the
users out there, all the security explotes/viruses etc would be written for
those applications....

At one time, Netscape was. Didn't happen then.....

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most
evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst
programmers.


Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the
public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get?

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the
public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get?

The problem isn't the monopoly, but the abuse of the monopoly. But I know
that this point isn't clearly made in the generic press (I doubt most
reporters grasp the distinction).

- Andrew

Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most
evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst
programmers.

I think it's time for a reality check there buddy.