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Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 09:30:21 +0000
From: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
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In-Reply-To: <19970321.194200.4631.12.chambersb@juno.com>; from Benjamin D Chambers on Mar 21, 1997 at 10:36:56PM -0400
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On Mar 21, 1997 at 10:36:56PM -0400, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

> >If the interface (GUI) is customizable enough, we could even
> >(easily) win over the W95/W97 users! As if that would be difficult
> ><g>
> 
> Unfortunately, it would be difficult.  In my experience, people who
> use Win95 either don't know enough to use a better system or are
> hard-core MS fanatics who'd love to lick Bill's (Gates) *ss, or both
> :(

You forgot the third category, which kind of makes me think you are
missing or forgetting some basic facts. The third category? People
like me. I don't have any love of Microsoft and their products, there
is some stuff I don't like, and the rest I can take or leave.
However, here in my office I run Linux on one machine and Win95 on
another. Why do I run Win95? Because I do Dos work and I like the long
filenames (makes swapping environments between Linux and Dos a lot
easier) and I also need to use Win95 software.

Would I switch to some Win95 clone? Probably not. The reasons for
switching are not because I "don't know any better" or becaise I'd
love to "lick Bill's...". The reason is simple, if you are going to
run Win95 software, run it on Windows 95. If an alternative
environment became available and if it was solid and offered benefits
over Win95 then I'd consider it. Until such a day I'm gonna be
sensible (because I do know better) and stick with the environment the
software was intended for.

This kind of "Win95 users haven't got a clue" flys in the face of many
basic facts and is nothing more than hype and advocacy, just the same
kind of hype and advocacy you see from the over-pro-MS types.

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