Subj : Re: 3.5 Floppies
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Mar 04 2026 07:43:53

Mo> the majority of users siding with Windows, even if they're not
Mo> particularly happy with it.  Why?  because it's easier and most people
Mo> will choose "easy" over "better" any day.

NI>I think that's basically how Microsoft Windows basically became the default O
  >or most PCs, despite there being arguably better options (such as OS/2, etc.)
  >ost PC vendors were installing Windows on their PCs by default (and I've hear
  >icrosoft was charging vendors for a Windows license for each of their PCs, ev
  >if they didn't install Windows on all their PCs).  Most people would just use
  >ndows since it came with the computer, and there were relatively fewer people
  >ing alternatives such as OS/2.

Yes, if it's on almost all systems sold then most people will get it
on their first system and you tend to stick with what you know.

You can buy ChromeBooks quite a bit cheaper that work easily enough
that Windows users can generally switch to them relatively painlessly,
and you save about $75 by avoiding the Windows License..

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