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In message <01bc0426$5b939c00$ab5f47cc@aceraltos> "Robert J. Murphree" wrote:
>
> 
> People buy brand name items from brand name companies because they
> know what they are getting.  Microsoft and IBM are both brand names
> but customer's will pick the one brand name that they feel is a
> better product.  In most cases that would be Microsoft.

Becuase there is no choice. You want a PC ? You get windows...

Hobsons choice....

 
> I don't think that matters.  The competition is there.  For
> example, if you don't want Office97 then get the Corell Office
> Suite or Lotus Suite or something else.  Even OS/2 has at least two
> Suites that I can think of.

Yes, but as window's is bundled with most PC's so is MS Office. I wouldn't
be suprised if MS enforce Office to be with window's in certain packages. I
know they seem to be very heavy (arm twisting variety) into getting vendors
to accept bundles 

That hardly leaves much to much for the competition. 

> 
> What I don't really like about the "My OS is better than your OS"
> postings is that there is always somebody that more or less
> insinuates that Win95 users are somehow inferior to non-Win95 users
> and this is what bothers me.  I am not saying that you are flaming
> Win95 users so don't take it that way, but I just want all of you
> non-Win95 and non-WinNT users to know that most Windows95 users
> have a good head on their shoulder just like you may have so do not
> assume the opposite.
> 
> Thank You.
> 

Loook there is a big difference here. More or less everybody in these
Acorn Newsgroup's have *chosen* RISCOS over other OS's (and continue to
stick with it) The average punter in the street who pop's down to curry's
or Dixon's hasn't a clue what he's buying so he has not necessarily got
a 'good head' on his shoulders. (and before you respond maybe you have 
but joe public hasn't). He got what he bought because he had no choice.

For the same reason he is not interested or need multi-threading 
etc..etc. The desktop is his main visual aspect of the OS and this
is where Window's falls down at the moment (And is still bottom
of the pile...) 

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