OSNews > Thread > "RE[10]: How did it happen?" by Dave

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Apr 2007 18:20 UTC, submitted by flanque

"It's amazing how many people who have Microsoft Windows everywhere look flummoxed when asked whether Windows is their "standard" for desktop computing. The reason they are thrown by this question is typically because they haven't thought about it that way before. In all likelihood, they never actually made a proactive decision to select Windows, in the sense of looking at alternatives and making a conscious objective choice. So how did they end up with it?"

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RE[10]: How did it happen?

by Dave_K on Sat 28th Apr 2007 03:37 UTC in reply to "RE[9]: How did it happen?"

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I think you'll find yourself in a spot of difference with a lot of people on that one.

Really? I'd have thought that even Microsoft's supporters would admit that early versions of Windows were inferior to contemporary products like Amiga OS.

I don't think many people would even argue that the first two releases of Windows compared well with Apple's Lisa OS, or even the earlier GUI on the Xerox Star.

In my experience, the consensus of opinion is that Windows didn't really become usable until version 3, and didn't compare at all well with competitors until Windows 95.

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