[OT] Market Share
Rob Cozens
rcozens at pon.net
Sun Jul 9 11:28:56 EDT 2006
Jim,
Your response to my post could have been written by me -- four years ago.
My first personal computer was an original IBM PC. My second was a
Mac SE/3O, and I never owned a computer running Windows until I
bought a Motion M13OO Tablet PC.
When friends asked, "should I buy a Mac or a PC ?", my original
response was, "find the software you need and buy the computer that
it runs on." After watching friends' experiences, I amended that to
include "But most people seem to have an easier time learning how to
use a Mac." I would grit my teeth and smile when friends who set
out to buy a Mac came home with Circuit City's "computer de jour" --
and asked me for help when the damn thing crashed.
I would smile smugly while watching my son and my brother-in-law,
both certified Microsoft engineers, struggle to install a new device
on my brother's PC. And I said to myself "NO WAY!" when "Pirates
of the Silicon Valley" (or a PBS documentary of the same genre)
concluded that Apple lost the O/S war when Windows replaced MS/DOS.
But times have changed, and I would suggest that every "Mac bigot" --
to use Dan Shafer's term affectionately -- who believes this is still
the state of the Windows platforms should test her/his perception as
it applies to today's technology.
After 15 years of Mac ownership, I wouldn't buy another Apple
computer that doesn't support ink input and profile screen
orientation. My keyboard sits in a drawer, and virtually never sees
the light of day.
The pen is mightier than the mouse!
Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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