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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada student homework ?
Date: 2000/11/11
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In article <3A0BC243.4A9CFC90@cadwin.com>,
  Nicolas Brunot <n.brunot@cadwin.com> wrote:
> Just one little example. Most of software development
companies provide software for Windows
> This is because if you don't know anything about computers, it
is still easier to use a Windows PC than
> any other system, and because what you will find in your
supermarket has 99% chances being a Windows
> PC.
> Even if it crashes 10 times a day, it's annoying but not
dramatic, and most of them would do worse, or
> would do nothing with an OS they don't know how to use.


An interesting assessment, my own observation is that a lot
of people find a Windows PC really *quite* difficult to use.
The success of the Mac (remember it has a significant slice
of a very large market) is certainly based on this, and for
an even better example of what can be achieved by concentrating
on reliability and usability, look at Palm OS vs Win CE.


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