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"I think years later people are going to look back and say we had it pretty good with Windows/Linux/*BSD and x86." I don't agree. I grew up with Microsoft ru
by parasubvert 11y ago
"I think years later people are going to look back and say we had it pretty good with Windows/Linux/*BSD and x86."
I don't agree. I grew up with Microsoft ruling the world. The biggest problem wasn't the dictatorship, is was the poor quality of the experience in the face of the dictatorship.
Apple has major flaws in its experience, but they're nowhere near as bad as the dog days of Windows 98.
- bad_user 11y agoRight, so dictatorship is pretty good when the experience is ok.
- blinkingled 11y agoWhat people don't get about Microsoft is however bad they were, they practically enabled a hugely diverse and mostly open hardware and software ecosystem and they had to standardize and open up in order to keep it going. Sure they had their monopolistic ways but fortunately they were reigned in for the better. It's disingenuous to claim user experience requires a closed and non standard system. And besides that Microsoft and Linux distros have made steady progress towards improving the quality and experience while still keeping the PC ecosystem open.