By Tim Ferguson
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2008
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Name
Simon
Location
Cumbria
Occupation
IT
Comment
Why does this report make me want to run to phone Huey on the big white porcelain telephone ?
Describing Microsofts activities in setting up Windows as the one and only global standard is a benefit ? Short term maybe, but in the medium term (which is already with us) it's hitting back much harder in the lack of diversity and choice. And to say that this was responsible for us having user friendly computers - give me a break, Windows isn't user friendly ! There have been many other attempts, some arguably far superior, that have failed for no other reason that "it's not Windows" - and without Windows I believe we would be much farther down the road of "user friendly" than we are now.
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