__/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 14 May 2007 08:40 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Why Doesn't Microsoft Have A Cult Religion?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "Now Windows is just part of the PC," Enderle said. "There are still
>> | those that admire the company and Gates, but the passion that exists
>> | around FreeBSD, Linux, and Apple simply has no analog in Windows.
>> | Great products come from passion -- when Windows lost that, it lost
>> | its heart."
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/05/why_doesnt_micr.html
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> Windows "lost" its passion?
>
> Did it ever have any?
>
> I recall Windows as far back as 3.1, and from then up to and including
> Vista (beta) I have felt many things about Windows, but passionate was
> never one of them.
>
> The Spectrum, yes. The Amiga, yes. Linux, yes. The rest ... <yawn>.
There's failure to explain why Mac users love their PCs and gadgets...
Who could possibly have any love for some of the creatures that created and
run Microsoft? Apple, by the way, might be in the same league. They need to
change their ways as well.
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