OT: Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?

[Darryl Moore]

So what you're really say is:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/microsofts_secret_weapon_isnt_fud_its_inertia

The real lesson of this sorry episode is that maybe, and I say maybe,
the best efforts of Mark Shuttleworth will never be enough to lure
Windows users away. It’s not a technology problem, *it’s an inertial
mindset problem*.




Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> 
> 
> 2009/10/7 Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
> <mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>>
> 
>     Well clearly this particular person doesn't want a good system.
>     He explicitly said so.  He likes dealing with an unreliable system.
> 
> 
> 
> No, he /tolerates/ an unreliable system. He's simply made the judgement
> call that the grief and stress associated with searching, evaluating,
> choosing and learning a new system exceed the stress and grief of using
> the status quo. He simply thinks that Windows, unreliable as it is, is
> to him at least comfortable and the lesser of the available evils.
> 
>  
> 
>     Some people don't believe in listening to advice, they only want to
>     do what they have already decided.  Some people can't admit that
>     their original decision is no longer the best choice.
> 
> 
> 
> I think you misread the article. He know Windows sucks, and suspects
> Apple and others are better, but has invested too much time in what he
> knows to be bothered to switch. (AND he can't stand the smugness and
> arrogance of people who insist on reminding him what he already knows...)
> 
> 
> - Evan
> 
> 
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