8 Jun
2018
8 Jun
'18
3:39 a.m.
Le Tue, 5 Jun 2018 12:02:38 -0700 (PDT),
Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> a écrit :
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018, David Kastrup wrote:
> So if we are talking about reputation management, Microsoft could
> now rename itself to GitHub and offer GitHub Windows, GitHub
> Office, GitHub cloud services, GitHub certified engineering
> certificates and what not.
Most peoples are using windows or eventually max, and they know so
nothing about github than they don't even know such web services exist.
I would be very surprised if Microsoft feels in any way that their
name or reputation is a liability. Rather the opposite. Compared to
the huge number of people who use windows because that is what the
computer came with and they feel a mac is over priced and that there
is nothing else, the open source community doesn't even show in a pie
chart big enough to add the label. Android is huge, but only because
people "buy" it with the phone.
Most peoples just use the same system they have at work because they
are complete illiterate peoples which get sick when they read more
documentation than "To launch a software you must click on the
corresponding icon". And they know they can ask a colleague which can
fix it in case of trouble.
Most people do not understand the
licencing it comes with, nor care. Most do not see it as a computer
even those who use it as a computer replacement. They have bought a
brick that does things and have no interest in modifying anything
more than the backgroud picture to one with their children or
grandchildren instead. The only reason not to use the windows in the
computer is:
A) I have a Mac as a status symbol (or iPhone)
B) I want to do things with the computer it was never designed to do
Most computer users are complete illiterate peoples regarding to
computer science, which imply they will not do it but buy some coffee
machine or drink a beer instead.
One might concider low latency audio as something the "PC" was not
designed to do. But then is Linux designed for low latency work? Not
really, but it is open enough to get there. Why would anyone in their
right mind bother with such a tiny portion of computer enthusiasts
considering the cost of support?
If there is anyone here who considers themself to be in their "right
mind" I appologize...
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