Re: Poll finds user discontent with Windows

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by John Verity on 12/13/98 11:56 AM ---

>SO, WHAT IN HELL IS STOPPING THEM FROM BUYING, SAY, AN APPLE MACINTOSH, 
>OR A UNIX MACHINE, OR WHATEVER???

First, if the question was to users, not purchasers of computers, that 
might explain a significant portion of the results. Second, a great 
number of individuals have been _goaded_ into buying Windows. They're 
been told daily year after year by the "experts" that no viable choices 
exist, and even that choice really _ought_ not exist (the standards 
argument). They've been misled, which is the real shame. Third, if you 
happen to own a Ford and despise it, that doesn't imply that you'll trade 
it in tomorrow, only that you _might_ at your earliest opportunity. A lag 
between buyer remorse and buyer choice should be expected.

Anyway, I hope we're not in for a session of stuck caps-lock debate.

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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