<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 16, 2007 4:36 PM, Douglas Rehfeldt <<a href="mailto:drehfeldtusa@gmail.com">drehfeldtusa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Some of the responses to this thread shows the passion that people can have<br>for the "simple" computer. A machine and tool that has both enriched and<br>cursed our lives. As for the operating system and applications, all I can
<br>say is to find something that works for you. For me Linux offers a very low<br>cost and lots of flexibility. As we all are aware, for the majority of<br>people the Microsoft Windows operating system is the answer. I like having
<br>a choice.<br><p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div class="Wj3C7c"><br> </p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div></blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div>One could argue that the masses didn't <br>exactly choose M$. They were in many<br>ways victims of a monopoly, one so <br>pervasive that corporations spent tens
<br>of $billions training their employees in<br>the M$ way. Now knowing how to use <br>windoz at some level, they are unlikely<br>to change over to Linux. And few companies<br>will now pay to help them do it. It's just less
<br>costly to go with the monopoly. Simplicity<br>in the wrong sense.<br><br>The US gov't allowed M$ to rule the <br>software waves for a long time, crippling<br>many of those who dare depart from the<br>approved M$ course.
<br><br> -Bob<br><br></p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div><br>