Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:53:33 10/27/01
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On October 28, 2001 at 00:33:09, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>As a programmer who wrote a lot of code for the different systems, let me
>suggest the *real* nightmare. At one day, you and Ed will decide to write the
>wonderful GUI chess application that includes everything chess user may want,
>i.e. product that competes with Chessbase GUI (you like the competition, right
>:-)). And you'll go to your statistics page to find out for which OS you want to
>write. And you'll see something like
>
> Windows 12.5%
> MacOS 12.5%
> BeOS 12.5%
> PalmOS 12.5%
> Linux, GNOME 12.5%
> Linux, KDE 12.5%
> Solaris 12.5%
> Unknown 12.5%
>
>Standartization on one platform was a necessity for the consumer device.
>Probably DOS/Windows was not the best platform. But it won, and won due to the
>simple fact: MS made much less errors than competitors.
>
>And why you don't like WMP? Nobody forces you to use it. You can go and buy any
>other player.
It seems that you still misunderstand me as the basic Microsoft hater, Eugene.
You miss the point and you shouldn't, because I have already taken care of
explaining my point of view to you.
I like Windows. I don't like the fact that Microsoft is turning it into a
gigantic advertisement platform, but I do not dislike it (as long as I can
remove the fat with 98lite for example).
I'm not even criticizing the quality of the products. I could, but it's not the
point.
I have no problem with the fact that one platform has gained major acceptance.
You are right by pointing that this is a good thing for our business.
My problem is the fact that we are all putting the future of the control of
information into the hands of a single, misbehaving, company.
Microsoft has ILLEGALLY used is monopoly on the OS market to hurt Netscape for
example. There are other examples, but this one has been recognized as an
illegal action by a US justice court.
It should be clear by now that Microsoft does ANYTHING, legal or not, in order
to keep its dominance on the information world.
This is a too much sensitive area. We, as consumers, are making a major mistake
by accepting to give it all to a single, REPEATEDLY MISBEHAVING, company. The US
government is making a major mistake by acting so softly and so slowly against
Microsoft.
Christophe
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