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That's because Microsoft took over the entire world of computing by selling easy to use GUI tools instead of command line tools.
by WayneBro 10y ago
That's because Microsoft took over the entire world of computing by selling easy to use GUI tools instead of command line tools.
- digi_owl 10y agonah, what they did was a masterstroke of contract work that allowed them to be the de-facto compatibility layer for every two bit IBM PC clone out there. The rest is history.
- WayneBro 10y agoPffft, it takes a lot more than a contract to maintain an empire the size of Microsoft. Their tech beats OSS in many areas and there is definitely a reason that people continually pay to use it.