söndag 13 juni 2004 10:16 skrev Pieter Hulshoff:
The idea is this: if you have a fully installed machine (installed by an experienced person that is), would the user experience for Windows XP be so much better than that of SuSE 9.1? My dad doesn't know where to get divx anymore than he knows where to find Packman, so setting that aside, and starting from a properly installed machine: which user experience would be better, and by how much?
I don't think it has anything to do with User experience, as all users are are biased. Their views are not molded from objectivity, but by personal preference that is based on opinions, that rarely originate from self-developed thinking. Just as the word "Windows" is synonimous with Microsoft Windows in everyone's eyes, even though Windows is a public word that MS Couldn't register for anything. Yet, this biased synonimity has become so strong, that even the Justice system in some European countries can't tell the difference. Let me give you an example, a small sized company that needs groupware functionality ... and not too much cash to spend. That's simple, I say, there are a lot of good linux software out there that can be supported moneywise without having to pay an arm and a leg. No, the answer is, it has to be Outlook. So, that's not an option ... and many companies are willing to get these expensive software illegally, just to maintain the Outlook impression. The fuctionality is not the issue ...
Regards,
Pieter Hulshoff