On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:08 AM, dhbailey wrote:
David W. Fenton wrote:
On 28 Jun 2009 at 9:30, dhbailey wrote:
David W. Fenton wrote:
[snip]> I don't know. While one could say that Apple had an
agenda, MS came
late to that ballgame.
Why would Apple and Microsoft have an incentive to misrepresent
the research? What good would it do them to design their
products to be less useful than they could be?
To sell mice.
*snort*
Yes, that's it -- Microsoft's mice are such high-profit items that
they want to sell them.
If they're not such high-profit items, why do they sell them?
After all, Microsoft is a software company. And Bill Gates and his
heirs-to-the-company are much too smart to sell items they take a
loss on.
Oh, come on! They aren't JUST selling mice; they are selling the
whole computer lifestyle! Way more money in that than just a $25 mouse!
Someone suggested that the study is valid as applied to the average
user - great! That doesn't mean that a power user can't be faster
with other tools. Obviously, there is a lot more money to be made by
designing the whole system to appeal to a middle-brow clientele.
That's where the bucks are.f
Christopher
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