Marketing (was Re: Columbus analogy (Was: Corrections to trivia - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Oct 1998

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 First, I didn't pick the example of Microsoft. 
Microsoft and IBM were
held up as examples of success through marketing when this thread
started, remember?  Are you using a Microsoft product?  I thought so.
Now, think real hard: was Microsoft lucky to get you to use their
software?  No?  Did you use their software because they were determined?
No?  Did they convince you to use their software by playing "Start me
up!" real loud? No? 
No, those running MS software are doing so mostly because MS was
the only game in town way back when... not hard to be 'best' when
you're the only one... also not hard to be 'worst'...

Personally, I avoid MS-anything like the plague... I have a linux
system which has been up for more than a week straight... running
W95, I'm lucking if I *don't* have to reboot several times a day
either because the system has simply crashed, or wedged itself...

					Megan