Vernon Schryver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Eliot Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > > Red, consumers do install software when they perceive either a > > threat or a benefit. > > Do you really intend to say what those words mean in context, that > Microsoft products were replaced wholesale by other software.
Unfortunately, most consumers perceive neither the threat of using Microsoft products, nor the benefits of most alternatives. They only perceive that Windows is what is being pushed at the store, what their workplace probably uses, and what their friends and family probably use. They therefore often believe that in order to be compatible, they must drink MS Koolaid as well, therefore perceiving a large negative benefit to using pretty much anything else, except possibly a Mac. -- David J. Aronson, Unemployed Software Engineer near Washington DC See http://destined.to/program/ for online resume, and other info
