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Thoran · 09-09-2005, 08:52 AM

Hehe... feeble attempt to set the pace?

M$ has been setting the pace on the desktop for 15 years. They drive hardware sales with their horsepower hungry operating systems, they drive sales and upgrades with their incremental improvement releases... and they basically OWN the desktop market, and that has helped their server market too (where Linux is a serious competitor these days and other Unix variants have been pushed back somewhat)

The other thing to remember is that bright shiney blinking lights and buttons catch the attention of the average consumer... some of the visual changes in Vista are simply to catch up with Apple in 'curb appeal', which as always has a MUCH slicker looking package than XP can muster.

[ 09-09-2005, 08:53 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]

09-09-2005, 08:52 AM	#8
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 57 Posts: 2,109	Hehe... feeble attempt to set the pace? M$ has been setting the pace on the desktop for 15 years. They drive hardware sales with their horsepower hungry operating systems, they drive sales and upgrades with their incremental improvement releases... and they basically OWN the desktop market, and that has helped their server market too (where Linux is a serious competitor these days and other Unix variants have been pushed back somewhat) The other thing to remember is that bright shiney blinking lights and buttons catch the attention of the average consumer... some of the visual changes in Vista are simply to catch up with Apple in 'curb appeal', which as always has a MUCH slicker looking package than XP can muster. [ 09-09-2005, 08:53 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]