Re: RE my XP Windows got broke in a Hailstorm

> Don't you guy's get it? This (unfortunately) isn't going to hurt MS one
bit
> in the long run. They already have 30 million subscribers! And they're
still
> in beta.

I sure chuckled at this. You are so right, abou the "still in beta" part.

> MS, understands what some folks on this list seem to miss; Joe Public
> doesn't give a rat's ass about the things that techies hold as sacred.

Well, I sure agree with the list of things tha JP doesn't care about. Or,
actually, I figure JP cares about all of it, but not so much that he would
do anything about it. Consumers tend to buy for a variety of reasons, and if
you can make two choices attractive but make the consumer feel one choice
has better featuers, you can attract the buyer.

> - He doesn't care if his machine doesn't run for weeks on end, because he
> normally turns it off every night anyway.

But he does care if it crashes in the middle of his on line games or web
browsing.

> - He doesn't care if MS' monopoly hurts it's competitors. He get's IE for
> free, and "borrows" office from work, so he's happy.

Well, I do think that the majority of people don't care, but I feel the
reason most people don't care is they really can't figure out what the
problem with monopolies is. I've seen over and over people saying, "But
_all_ companies do that..." I do believe that if people understood what was
happening they'd see the problem, but I don't believe you can get people's
attention long enough to show them.

> Companies like MS and AOL are going to win the internet battle just as
> easily as they won the others, because they deliver what Joe Public wants.
>
> It doesn't have to be reliable, secure, and scalable. It has to be:

> -cheap
> -easy to use
> -cheap
> -visually appealing
> -and cheap

But John, it isn't the Joe Public who makes those choices. It is the MIS
professional. That's the guy Joe Public will blame if his credit card does
get stolen or if a virus attacks his computer.

> John Taylor


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