Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 23:28:39

 Sp>  bo> I'm not sure what point of mine you're disagreeing with.  Are people
 Sp>  bo> choosing to switch away from Windows to Linux, simply to use differen
 Sp>  bo> applications?
 Sp> 
 Sp> Especially prior to todays rampant emulations, yes a specific O/S
 Sp> would've been chosen for a combination of Applications, and attributes
 Sp> that suit the purchaser.
 Sp> 
 Sp> So its really a horses for courses thing.. I don't know ANY business
 Sp> that has rolled out any Linux flavour as its desktop model primarily
 Sp> because its too hard and you're not guaranteed of support.  At least pre
 Sp> any of the commerically oriented distro days, but to some degree
 Sp> afterwards. That means in the corporate world its largely going to be a
 Sp> back orrifice work horse if it has specific value in some capacity and
 Sp> the desktops will remain M$ driven.
 Sp> 
 Sp> But by the same token that people/business may swap from one to another
 Sp> for specific software there'll be people moving the opposite way for the
 Sp> same reasons or perceived benefits. Be those benefits a locked down
 Sp> dekstop, specific user interface applications or whatever else they see
 Sp> in it.  Or an application that has no parallel on the other platform. 
 Sp> Best example off hand is all the years Apple had a strangle hold on the
 Sp> Desktop Publishing and design business. It was because the PC was
 Sp> incapable of the same job.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec

I had home users in mind when I was making that statement.  Business would have different requirements.

But that was the point I was making, that things like the User Interface, stability, the desktop is what will motivate many.  Sure, some people use Mac because of the availabilty of apps, but many will also talk about the actual hardware as being the reason, the subtle differences in the mouse, the way the GUI works, the trackpad, just making graphical work easier, even if the app is the same.

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