From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Geo wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:44059117$1{at}w3....
>
>
>>(B) If you make an OS which has got all the tickboxes ticked & is rock
>>solid etc. etc.etc. then....how do you go about finding new tickboxes
>>for the next version & indeed selling them to potential customers as
>>tickboxes?
>
>
> Well you start by asking all your customers what else they want, if you
> don't get enough suggestions you work on making it more efficient, faster,
> smaller, cheaper, more compatible, more standards, like the hardware guys
> do.
>

Blimey...but it's about "features". Saying my OS is faster,
smaller etc will always be met with "but does it...?"

>
>>Add to that the problem that in the rich parts of the world, the market
>>is mature & basically most sales are to young people or are replacements
>> & in poorer/developing parts of the world.....well the WTO etc at the
>>US gov's behest have made "piracy" more difficult &
as a result most
>>developing places appear to be headed to linux.
>
>
> Yeah, that was a really stupid move. What they should do if they want the OS
> to be disposable like the hardware is make it cheaper. As computers have
> gone down in price they have become disposable, many times it's easier or
> cheaper to buy a whole new system than to upgrade one.
>

Yup.

Adam

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