"So, let's all just stick with Windows and *CONTINUE* to pay for what would otherwise be free with Linux" That is the dumbest concept I have ever heard. Can't believe a human being actually thinks that way. I would much rather switch to something, knowing I lost money, if it would keep me from losing *more* money, than stay where I am and, knowingly, *continue* to throw lose away.
On Friday 23 April 2004 1:40 pm, JoeHill wrote: > "Contorer wrote that end users stuck with Windows, despite the operating > system's shortcomings, based on the high costs of abandoning heavy > investments already made in APIs. > > "'The Windows API is so broad, so deep and so functional that most ISVs > (independent software vendors) would be crazy not to use it. And it is so > deeply embedded in the source code of many Windows apps that there is a > huge switching cost to using a different operating system, instead,' the > e-mail reads. > > "'It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to > stick with Windows through all our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high > TCO (total cost of ownership), our lack of a sexy vision, at times, and > many other difficulties,' the e-mail said. 'Customers constantly evaluate > other desktop platforms, (but) it would be so much work to move over that > they hope we just improve Windows rather than force them to move.' > > Link: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040422231316209 -- Registered Linux User #350412 MacGregor Despite Them!
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