From: daleh@ix.netcom.com (Dale Harrison (AEGIS))
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 95 22:32:04 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: alt.religion.your.operating.system.sucks
Message-ID: <199501300630.WAA29275@ix2.ix.netcom.com>
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You wrote: 

>so your point, basically, is that the public will settle for whatever 
>it can get, and get easiest and cheapest, when it comes to software and 
>operating systems in particular.  

I think you've grasped the fundementals!  You'll soon make VP of 
Marketing. <g>



>This may be the case, but there is certainly a growing market for 
>internet-capable systems, and the most internet-friendly OS around is, 
>of course, UNIX.  

OS/2 comes internet-ready and pre-installed and it's still an almost 
complete failure in the market.



>In that fact, and in the growing importance of having an OS that 
>utilizes the full capabilities of increasing powerful personal 
>computers, lies the future of UNIX.

In any mature market, technical superiority above some baseline level of 
sufficiency has no market value.  The auto market is a classic example 
of this. Look how long tail-fins and chrome have dominated technical 
superiority as the prime focus of marketing.  These are all marketing 
issues not technical issues!

Dale H.