Alternatives
to Windows
Opinion
“Microsoft
enjoyed its great success not because it had great software but because people
were stuck with it. Market domination, not innovation, drove the company’s
success,” wrote James Wallace in the book “Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race
to Control Cyberspace”, John Wiley & Sons, September 1997.
“The
future of Windows is threatened less by the superiority of its competition than
the inferiority of Windows, which results from Microsoft’s misplaced
priorities. Microsoft’s design decisions are driven more by its attempt to
protect its desktop monopoly than by technical excellence.” —Nicholas Petreley,
“The new Unix alters NT’s orbit”
1.1 MB QuickTime movie of Bill Gates explaining his criteria for selecting the best operating system.
“Windows
machines have advantages, too, such as more configuration options, cheaper up
front cost, availability of software, snappier response on window controls,
cheaper components, more peripherals.” —Why Monopolies Are Bad, by Jeff
Adkins