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Dec 08, 2008 7:10 pm
Dec 08, 2008 7:10 pm
Subject: Re: interesting article on opensource
I feel privileged
And hard-working.
But the specifics of the OS wasn't the point of the article - the issue was user-interface/ user-friendliness. An ideal application will have a UI so simple that anyone can do anything they want without having to research or read documentation. They point out, and rightly so, that this is why Microsoft commands the market (they understand transparency), and the free alternatives have essentially no market share.
I feel privileged
And hard-working.
But the specifics of the OS wasn't the point of the article - the issue was user-interface/ user-friendliness. An ideal application will have a UI so simple that anyone can do anything they want without having to research or read documentation. They point out, and rightly so, that this is why Microsoft commands the market (they understand transparency), and the free alternatives have essentially no market share.