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> Windows 2000 was not consumer OS Of course it was! You must be thinking of the split between the consumer-oriented Windows 95/98/ME and the business-oriente
by Stratoscope 11y ago
> Windows 2000 was not consumer OS
Of course it was!
You must be thinking of the split between the consumer-oriented Windows 95/98/ME and the business-oriented Windows NT/2000.
The parent comment used "consumer" in another sense: an "I am not a computer person" end user. Windows 2000 was certainly intended to be fully usable by these kinds of consumers, at home or at work.
And the comment was more general than Windows 2000 - it is really a message to people who are designing OS features today.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> The parent comment used "consumer" in another sense: an "I am not a computer person" end user. Windows 2000 was certainly intended to be fully usable by these kinds of consumers, at home or at work. I think many people attempting to sell into business don't quite realize that there are novice users there too. Ease of use, ease of deployment, and maintenance without a highly technical internal supporter are critical issues that products with massive business adoption have to get right.