Subj : XP Home -> XP Pro
To   : Robert Couture
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Tue Nov 16 2004 06:49 am

Hello, Robert.

On 15 Nov 04 at 13:14, Robert Couture wrote to JAY EMRIE:

 RC> Basically, to do anything you /need/ Windows.  That is the sad fact of
 RC> life.  Windows has made it easy to use a computer and there is no
 RC> fault for that.

Windows has caused (nearly singlehandedly) the home computing world to go from 
smart people using dumb terminals to dumb people using smart terminals... if 
you've ever worked tech support like I have, you know it's true.

As for doing "anything", I strongly disagree.  I am running Windows now only 
because I make money with it... and that's why I run it-you can really only 
make a living supporting Windows.  Sure, I could find a job in the banking 
industry supporting my favorite OS (OS/2), but I'd have to move to the 
Northeast to do so... I like the Atlanta area just fine. <G>

If developers weren't out for the big buck, we would see a much more level 
playing field.  Unfortunately for those of us in the minority that know there's 
options out there, we're mostly left to our own devices!

Later,
Sean

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