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Because of critical mass. A significant amount of non-technically inclined people use Windows. Some use Mac. And they're intimidated by anything different.
by ixwt 2y ago
Because of critical mass. A significant amount of non-technically inclined people use Windows. Some use Mac. And they're intimidated by anything different.
- michaelmrose 2y agoGenerally speaking employees don't really per se use windows so much as click the browser icon and proceed to use employers web based tools.
- whatevertrevor 2y agoThere's a bunch of non-web proprietary software medical offices use to access patient files, result histories, prescription dispensation etc. At least here in Ontario my doctor uses an actual windows application to accomplish all that.
- michaelmrose 2y agoThen they use those apps. The point is that since they usage of the OS as such is so minimal as to be irrelevant as long as it has a launcher and an X in the top corner. They could as well launch that app in OpenBSD.
- cogman10 2y agoMomentum as well. Many of these systems started in DOS. The DOS->Windows transition is pretty natural.