On The Usability Of Paper Clips
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| Linux with KDE is a lot like the dvorak keyboard layout -- it is
| arguably better and certainly no worse but not the "standard"
| so few people use it. The network effect keeps KDE from becoming
| popular, not the opposition. If KDE had gained widespread popularity
| first and become the standard, the situation would be reversed and
| MS Windows might not be able to displace it. What advantage would
| MS offer over the standard?
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| Let me repeat that: if the situations were reversed and Linux/KDE
| had 90% of the PC market, what compelling feature would MS Windows
| offer? Who would switch to it? The answer to those questions is,
| of course, doesn't matter and very few. Doesn't matter because it
| would be fighting the network effect, just like Linux/KDE is
| today, and very few for the same reason.
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http://www.osugisakae.com/tech/2007/02/09/on-the-usability-of-paper-clips/
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