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Re: MS is vulnerable

  • From: Jason Lixfeld
  • Date: Thu Jan 29 13:35:26 2004 
On Jan 29, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Michel Py wrote:
If the Powershot was designed as a Mac-only camera, it's Canon's
stupidity. I never used one, but when I plug my Sony cybershot to any PC
it comes up right away without any software.
I should withdraw this comment. After I sent the message, I realized that my comment was unfounded. Sorry.

Since Macs are available in stores, how do you explain that they don't
get the lion's share of the market if they're so superior to the PeeCee
as you claim?

...

Guess what: the Wintel platform became standard, over the established
leader (Apple). Because IBM and Microsoft managed to produced what the
market wanted to buy, instead of what a few gurus in an ivory tower in
Cupertino thought what the ultimate PC would be.
Yes, and the guys in the white ivory tower realized that they err'd.

I'm glad they have only 3% market share. I doubt they will ever get past 5-10% market share and that's not a bad thing, it's a good thing (tm) because that will mean they will never be plagued with the problems MS has. They (Apple) make a great product, IMO far superior to anything that can be found in PC land. To that end, I'm happy being one of the 3% watching the masses of the 97% struggle.

When the last big MS virus/worm caused it's major shitstorm,
my mom asked me if I ever get infected with viruses. I said
no, I run a Mac. They are immune to these viruses.
Complete BS. There are Mac viruses allright, and the reason these worms
target the Windows platform is simply because there are much more of
them and therefore an Outlook worm is much more likely to succeed than a
Mac worm.
"They are immune to these viruses" actually meant these viruses/works specifically causing the havoc in the last year or so. Sorry for not being more clear.

If Apple is still around with 3% of the market, it's because Bill Gates
bailed them out as he wanted to keep a competitor alive when they were
in the feds cross-hairs because of that monopoly thing. I'll tell you
what: if you know how to make the Mac the dominant platform, go see
Steve Jobs and ask for 100 million bucks in cash in exchange for the
tip.
Jobs is hardly a competitor for Gates. 3% to what? 90%? I hardly call that competition.

And if you're not happy with Windows, you're free to write a competitive
product to replace it. That's what Microsoft did to Apple 20 years ago,
BTW. It's called market economy.
I don't need to write anything, I have it already, it runs on my powerbook. Like I said, if things hadn't happened the way they did, we would all be stuck using MS with even less alternatives. I say again, IMO Apple builds a superior product. It's because they only have 3% market share that product exists. I'm happy paying the premium because I get what I pay for.

Michel.