"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the mainstreet businesses in the towns in my area could get > by just fine running DOS freeware on an old 286. There is nothing > they are doing which requires the use of modern powerful computers > running GUIs such as Windows and their very bloated apps.
For that matter, anything BUT Windows would work fine in many cases! It's darned hard to FIND a 286 for much less than a Pentium class machine these days -- at least in many markets -- but substitute "low end hardware" and the issues are the same. > When I tell > the proprietors about how they could save a lot of money by using old > DOS computers and freeware they just laugh at me and and tell me that > they don't even want to hear it. They simply refuse to believe that > what I want to tell them could possibly be true. I am certain that I > could convince them if only they would just listen and hear me out. Those same issues are faced by anybody advocating anything BUT Windows it seems. Whether one favors Linux, BSD, Solaris, DOS, Mac or even NetWare, the general public seems to think "Windows" when it comes to computers. Microsoft has always benefitted by the squabbling that goes on between providers of alternatives. The Unix wars of the 1990's are a prime example. That extends to others as well. When things get to the little guys slamming the other little guys, the only one left standing is usually Microsoft. - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
