On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:28:31 -0400, DFS wrote:
> Robin T Cox wrote:
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>> Customers are not stupid.
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> Really? 'Cause the other advocates talking out of the other sides of
> their mouths insist consumers are stupid and just buy whatever is put in
> front of them.
Most costomers want what everyone else has. They dislike change.
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>> As someone once said, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame
>> on me. And enough people by now have bought MS software to know that
>> that was a bad decision.
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> But in many categories, MS makes the best software in the world, and the
Many categories? Doubtful.
> entire world (homes and businesses) runs on it every day.
Unfortunately, basically true.
> This includes you too, of course, HPT.
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>> They are looking round for alternatives.
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> Wonder why they can't find Linux?
.. because it has a minuscule (at best) retail presence ...
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Rick
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