rhmahoney said:
Using windows is like the frog in a pan of cool water that you gradually heat up. he adapts and does not notice the heat, thus dies. That is what has happened to windows with over 100,000 viruses etc, and you still say "no problem".
Hmmmm. Are you saying that Windows is dying? ???? ;D ?"Poor" Bill -- he could lose his home and everything.
Russ, it's a matter of market share -- and compatibility with the rest of the world. Apple would not build a machine compatible with the rest of the world -- neither would Radio Shack. Due primarily to clever marketing and advertising Apple is still surviving, whereas RS threw in the towel long ago. IBM introduced the 1st open architecture machine many years ago -- and allowed anyone to buy parts and build one like it. Actually, the only reason they did that is because Apple and RS had done a much better job of predicting the use of a home computer. So the 1st IBM micro computer had no parts whatsoever manufactured by IBM. Even the IBM case and logo was made by some other outfit. The operating system contract for that machine, of course, was won by a clever and rather devious young fellow by the name of Bill. ?
Anyway, as a result of that 1st IBM machine -- I can now go to Fry's and buy a bunch of parts and build my own computer whenever I need a new one, OR, need a hardware update for a part in an older one. This results in much lower hardware costs for me on machines w/parts at least equal to any Apple component.
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Yes, we have viruses. As with all software, that's a market share thing too. The last I read, Apples share of US market was less than 3.0% -- actually down from when Jobs came back in '96. It was as high as 15% back in '80, but after Jobs left, the clever advertising left as well.
So, with 3.0% of the market share, virus programmers have equally as much interest in that market. More importantly, so does everyone else in the computer arena. I develop reservation SW for RV parks. Why would I develop an Apple product when only 3.0% of RV parks would ever consider it?. And that's the case with most other programmers and new SW development.
When teaching at a local JC in Sacramento, there were 52 sections of their "Intro to Computers" class using Windows based machines -- there were 2 classes on the Apple. If you go to the book store, you will find the same number of Apple books as their market share demonstrates. If you go to Fry's or any major computer store, you find the little section of Apple stuff vs. the main section of Windows based stuff. When you ask a neighbor for some help, 3.0% can help you. If you borrow some SW, only 3.0% can help you.
Have read recently that the only reason Apple manages to hang on is because of iPod sales. ?Apple has over 50% of that market. The machine "will" allow a format compatible with the MS side of the market, so MS users such as myself are OK buying them. Seems Apple finally learned that lesson. Creative "is" catching back up, and has also sued Apple -- so that will be interesting to watch as Apple counter sued as well.
Take care, Russ . . . ?
