Subj : Re: Atari 400; meh.
To   : Nightfox
From : Mhansel739
Date : Sun Jul 30 2023 08:16:56

NN> I've always been mainly a PC (DOS/Windows user), but I often didn't lik
NN> Microsoft and both liked and disliked Windows..  I started using Window
NN> version 3.0, and when I got my own computer, it often seemed like Windo
NN> too much of a resource hog.  I thought it was odd that Windows was what
NN> popular, when arguably better alternatves were available, even for the 
NN> (such as OS/2).

Yes, well that is thanks to the marketing machine we call Microsoft. They
marketed and pushed DOS and Windows and made deals with "all" the PC
manufacturers to be the default OS on their machines. And when you have a
set of new people that have little to no IT experience, that is all they
know. Good, bad, or otherwise, DOS and Windows become the defacto
standard. And once you get the software developers onboard - which is not
hard - the larger market thing - there you have it. 
I run Windows daily. It is what it is. Do I like it? Meh. Would I prefer
to run some form of Linux or move to a Mac? Yes. But the tools I use and
the customers I support are Windows users. Kind of have to go that way. 
--Matt

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