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- From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <wiegand.726333463@lido16>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <wiegand.725663043@lido16> <1992Dec31.025922.23254@nosc.mil> <wiegand.726166042@lido16> <1993Jan5.164319.8605@nosc.mil>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:17:43 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- discar@nosc.mil (Joe Discar) writes:
-
- [Stuff deleted]
-
- >In paradise, I assume, everybody can be happy... but in the real world,
- >there are going to be some people that get what they want and some people
- >that don't. Luckily (or unluckily as the case is) some countries like the
- >U.S. let the MAJORITY make the decision about how things will go--and the
- >MINORITY have to take it (or convince the populace at large that their
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >way is better). This is true in politics and MARKETING. If the majority
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >of people want product A, product A should succeed.
-
- >At this time, the majority of computer users WANT MS-DOS... over 80% in
- >fact. And Microsoft Windows has been in the top ten list for over 84 weeks
- >(Merisel figures). If a vendor wishes to maximize his profits, he addresses
- >the MAJORITY market... I'm sorry that you don't "like" it, but that's the
- >way it is.
-
- >If you don't think that that's the way it should be (and 2 out of ten people
- >don't)--then convince the populace-at-large that OS/2 (or Taligent or
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Unix) is the way to go... and I guarantee you, when those who desire OS/2
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >are a majority, the Vendors will follow suit.
-
-
- That's exactly what we are trying to do. That's the whole point of the
- argument. When a minority feel that they are being stepped on by the
- majority they have to make a little noise to be heard. No one will
- do anything to help someone who just sits there quietly and takes the
- abuse. I don't expect things to change overnight, but if I don't speak
- up things will never change.
-
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- Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
- motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net uunet!motcid!wiegand
- Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
-