[Am-info] 30% (Geoffrey).

[Felmon Davis]

On Monday 17 December 2001 10:36 am, Marcus de Geus wrote:
> In reply to a message from "Geoffrey" <esoteric@3times25.net> dated 
2001-12-17 09:36:28 -0500 (Mon):
> > > It's not just the largest accounts. I read somewhere - forgot
> > > the source - that a recent poll showed 30% of PC users of all
> > > sizes are wishing for alternatives to MS OSes.
> >
> > I wish you still had the source, as I find it very hard to
> > believe that 30% of PC users even KNOW there are alternatives to
> > MS oses...
>
> Geoffrey,
>
> Even if 100% of all PC users were totally convinced that WinDOS was
> the only OS ever made, it would not preclude 30% of them from
> wishing for an alternative.
>
> Even if 100% of all PC users were totally convinced that WinDOS was
> the only OS ever made, now and in the future, AND that it formed an
> integral and indivisible part of every PC ever made, now and in the
> future, it would not preclude 30% of them from wishing for an
> alternative.
>
> One can wish for something one knows little or nothing about, to
> improve on the present situation. One can even wish for something
> one knows not to exist, as a result of discontent with the present
> situation.
>
> So, assuming the 30% figure to be correct, and assuming the great
> majority of PC users to be WinDOS users unaware of the existence,
> or the qualities, of alternatives, this tells us something about
> the level of content with their OS of millions and millions of
> WinDOS users. Makes you wonder, eh?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcus de Geus
> --


isn't the theology of salvation off-topic on this list?

Felmon