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The rules
1) Quality is defined as degree of approximation to Microsoft.
2) Differences from Microsoft are by definition bad.
3) In case of a tie, Microsoft wins.

Some of us remember the mid-80s, when non-IBM manufacturers were trying to introduce 8086 or 80286-based systems. The problem was that these systems were, by definition, "not IBM-compatible" and lost to IBM systems. 8088-based systems were compatible, but by being identical gave up any potential advantages.

Then IBM came out with the PC-AT, which was quite a bit less compatible with the PC-XT than many of the OEM systems that preceded it -- but the definition of "compatible" changed, so customers bought IBM.

In the same way, the rules are set up so that it's impossible for Microsoft to lose in any comparison, because any competitor has to reproduce their bugs to compete.

That's why nobody will ever be able to compete against Microsoft, just as the PC industry will always be owned by IBM.
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The rules  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/09/07
Apple does ... somebody else will  mwagner@... | 11/09/07
If anybody does every eat into the MS desktop monopoly in a significant way  DonnieBoy | 11/09/07
Disagree  Richard Flude | 11/11/07
I agree.  JLHenry | 11/12/07
Do you remember OS/2?  jcg_z | 11/12/07
OS/2 never lived up to that promise ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
In case you hadn't noticed...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
The way that I read the story was that  Update victim | 11/13/07
PC industry owned by IBM?  Alaska | 11/09/07
That's the logical outcome  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/12/07
Numbers (1) and (2) ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
And the difference between Mandriva and PCLinuxOS is?  kozmcrae | 11/09/07
People new to a technology won't invest ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
For A Score of Years  kozmcrae | 11/10/07
I am the "computer guy" not only for ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
Just the opposite is true  Ole Man | 11/12/07
Dual Boot  mad tabby | 11/12/07
Only finding out now?  LazLong | 11/12/07
Poor Tabby  Ole Man | 11/12/07
I do  rhomp2002@... | 11/13/07
Windows 98 was never stable ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
Windows 98 didn't have to be Activated  Ole Man | 11/13/07
For Nigeria, this article is nonsense  jorjitop | 11/09/07
you don't like a cheap version of Windows  Alaska | 11/09/07
I guess you're happy paying...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/10/07
If you are a volume buyer, or an OEM ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
Which was not the point...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/10/07
The $3 per license (third world) price for XP ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
What a load of twaddle  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
Good new for MSMVP (Microsoft Most Valued Puppets)  Ole Man | 11/12/07
Why isn't three dollars...  handydan918 | 11/12/07
Uhhh The made cheap versions of windows  goxk@... | 11/12/07
You have no evidence whatsoever ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
Ever heard tell of "History"???  Ole Man | 11/10/07
Microsoft's "history" of anticompetitive ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
Memory malfunction alert!  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
And you will see no evil hear no evil feel .....  goxk@... | 11/12/07
I think that you have half of it wrong  goxk@... | 11/12/07
RE: Just as good as Windows just isn't good enough  joe6pack_z | 11/09/07
Linux adopted in the US?  Alaska | 11/09/07
Well...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/10/07
But not on the consumer desktop ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
What to you is a consumer?  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/10/07
Students are a very small fraction of the ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
Did you even read what you wrote?  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
Break them up into small groups  Ole Man | 11/12/07
wrong on that,  merc2dogs` | 11/12/07
MANY?  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
Why do you so stubbornly insist?  Ole Man | 11/13/07
Linux Inc.? Your brain is stuck in Corp. mode  kozmcrae | 11/14/07
Currently ONLY use windows for games and printing  Ole Man | 11/13/07
Not everything agress that Linux is BETTER ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
Which is better?  Ole Man | 11/11/07
Not a hard choice for you ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
most consumers do not find the MS EULA, Windows Activation, or DRM  Ole Man | 11/12/07
The silent majority  JDThompson | 11/12/07
Most consumers don't know beans about ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
mwagner@... don't know beans  Ole Man | 11/13/07
If they want to represent more than ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
Which Linux vendors are in the "most" category then?  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/13/07
Finally, you're getting the idea  Ole Man | 11/13/07
most consumers do not find the MS EULA, Windows Activation, or DRM to be on  LonnieRM | 11/13/07
Most are not aware of an "MS tax" ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
If they read this, they know about it  Ole Man | 11/13/07
Maybe. but you're in a pitifully small minority ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
RE: Just as good as Windows just isn't good enough  Alaska | 11/09/07
You're mixing up people  tombalablomba | 11/10/07
I don't really 'dislike' Linux ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
You are confusing me with my colleague ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
I told you so  Ole Man | 11/09/07
Apparently the Nigerians thought different...  tombalablomba | 11/10/07
You're right.........But for the wrong reasons.  linux for me | 11/10/07
Maybe it is BUT ...  mwagner@... | 11/10/07
That IS a biiiig question to ponder  Ole Man | 11/10/07
Will windows ever be any good?  LonnieRM | 11/10/07
"it has simply to do with burying the opposition behind a smoke screen"  mad tabby | 11/12/07
I don't have the time to be experimenting.  Ole Man | 11/12/07
... and neither do most consumers.  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
People who shop at Wal-Mart would disagree...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
I'd be surprised if Wal-mart didnt sell ten ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
Pip pip chocks away etc.  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
Why would anyone buy a PC with Linux ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
Windows isn't going to cut it!  Ole Man | 11/13/07
Nothing wrong with being surprised  Ole Man | 11/13/07
And the shelves were bare  kozmcrae | 11/14/07
HEY!  kozmcrae | 11/12/07
What is it with this "most consumers" bit with you?  Ole Man | 11/13/07
All you need to do is look at ...  mwagner@... | 11/14/07
market penetration worldwide  Ole Man | 11/18/07
The poor are people too  tonymcs@... | 11/10/07
I guess...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/10/07
The old cowboys were quite familiar  Ole Man | 11/10/07
I'll tell you why they shouldn't run Windows  nyabdns | 11/12/07
That makes toooo much sense !!! (nt)  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/07
You are entitled to your opinion...  LazLong | 11/12/07
Like UNIX, Linux is an excellent ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
One word... Wal-Mart  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
And the top SELLING POINT on the link ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
And if you had read...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
Not much of a case for Linux  Ole Man | 11/13/07
You remind me of a guy I once saw  Ole Man | 11/13/07
Free, stable, secure, and fast isn't better?  trentreviso | 11/12/07
Exactly what must Linux do to be considered "better" than Windows?  mad tabby | 11/12/07
You can lead a horse to water  Ole Man | 11/12/07
ROTFL!  n0neXn0ne | 11/12/07
Interesting...  thx-1138_@... | 11/14/07
I haven't seen BSOD in years ...  mwagner@... | 11/12/07
And if you believe me, I haven't see a kernel panic since 1991  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/12/07
Just my opinion  santuccie | 11/12/07
I understand inertia  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/13/07
A bit of both, perhaps?  santuccie | 11/13/07
Hmmm...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/13/07
True that, true that  santuccie | 11/13/07
Interesting point ...  mwagner@... | 11/14/07
*sproing*  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/14/07
If there ever was...  kozmcrae | 11/14/07
Thanks for your comments ...  mwagner@... | 11/14/07
That's about the last time I saw one too! So?  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
You won't argue performance, yet...  ego.sum.stig@... | 11/13/07
You keep going around in circles  Ole Man | 11/13/07
So now all the "experts" are calling you too  Ole Man | 11/13/07
You M$ executives are a little too obvious.  trentreviso | 11/14/07
Agreement and correction  santuccie | 11/13/07
RE: Just as good as Windows just isn't good enough  Dr_Zinj | 11/13/07
All very good points ...  mwagner@... | 11/13/07
Ubuntu is actually better...  mikifinaz1@... | 11/13/07
Could be ...  mwagner@... | 11/14/07
someone needs to show the consumer  Ole Man | 11/18/07
"Just as good" is beside the point....  kingmph@... | 11/18/07
Perosnally, I don't consider Linux to be ...  mwagner@... | 11/28/07
Mandriva Won; Then Mysteriously The Gov't Decided to pay twice  shoktai@... | 11/19/07
Not true for many.  photog7 | 11/26/07

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