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It's not only betting on the market-leader.
You stay market-leader by providing better quality than your competitors. And quality in regards to operating systems includes more than just system stability. You have to consider the number of available software (and it's quality), backwards compatibility and so on as well. You can write a completely bug-free OS if you want and you won't sell a copy of it unless your customers are actually able to run the software they need on it.
Of course software companies tend to write for operating system of the market-leader first, which in turn makes it kinda difficult for other OS publishers.
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Nicholas Marty wrote: You have to consider the number of available software (and it's quality), backwards compatibility and so on as well.
That is way they will stay market-leader. If said manager has to look for application-software, he'll end up with Microsoft again. That means that most documentation and tutorials are aimed at, you guessed it, Microsoft products. It is one of the advantages of having a monopoly.
Nicholas Marty wrote: You can write a completely bug-free OS
No, that is impossible.
No software-vendor will have NASA's resources, and even they make mistakes that cost lives. So, unless you can beat NASA on a lower budget, you won't have bug-free software.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Nicholas Marty wrote: When I have to consider which OS I want, I factor many things in.
Yeah, same list as I was thought in school, but that is not how the world works.
There's no testing on stability, no stats to compare. If it runs Microsoft Office, then it is accepted. Bing, welcome Windows.
Nicholas Marty wrote: Is it providing a similiar User Interface that I'm already used to, so I will feel at home soon enough?
Yeah, it saves money if you don't have to re-educate the users, saves time, frustration - but marketing will tell you that no-one will buy it if it looks "old". See Win8 and its start-menu. See Vista and Aero.
Nicholas Marty wrote: You could conclude, that being the market-leader is a part of their quality as well 
No, I'll conclude that having a monopoly-position nearly guarantees a monopoly-position. Unless you're an IBM or Netscape, in which case even that is not enough to survive.
Nicholas Marty wrote: And I think a completely bug-free OS IS possible.
Only in theory. You'd need a bigger budget than NASA (already clear on that point it would not be commercial), and you would still not be able to prove that it does not contain bugs.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You are talking about Personal Computers, but the time are changing. Younger people have mostly a smartphone or tablet and on these devices is Android or iOS most of the times.
Do you know Kodak?
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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KarstenK wrote: Do you know Kodak?
Watzdat?
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Not really a good comparison; there was an alternative for the Kodak-product. A laptop or phone is no replacement for a personal computer.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You are right obviously. Microsoft is also trying in the same field, for example Microsoft Surface is in a good position now!
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Member 9441074 wrote: Microsoft's principal products running on nearly 90 percent of the world's computers
Citation required...
I would say from anecdotal evidence that the percentage is smaller... apparently...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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The quality of grammar in the article pretty much spoke to me of the validity of the content:
"Today, that company, Microsoft, has more than 125,000 employees, a sprawling 8-million-square-foot campus outside Seattle and its principal products running on nearly 90 percent of the world's computers. It's the third-most valuable company in the world, behind only oil giant Exxon Mobil and longtime competitor Apple."
What is it with all those commas and hyphenated "8-million-square-foot" mumbo jumbo?
The actual citation is from clickety[^].
The quote is about personal computers and not all computers."
I am starting to think that CNET may be the Daily mail(British paper for those of limited intellect) of the IT world when it comes to journalism.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Now now Guy, the Daily Moron carries all the news the other papers carry, just next to reams of shite about how 'hot' 12 Centigrade is, and Kim Arsedashian reports. Sometimes they even correct their grammar.
Thing is, you have to pay for all the rest; they're better, but not money better.
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1997 called, they want their headline back.
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Not anytime soon. Windows/Office and other MS products continue to offer great value for the cost, are feature-rich, and quite challenging to compete against. I used to hate Windows 95 for giving me a blue screen and costing me hours of homework effort but looking back at it now...over all the years I've used Microsoft products, they've done an amazing job.
If the Surface Pro 4 turns out to be as impressive as I'm expecting, I'll be buying yet another Windows machine. There is nothing wrong with that, the tech giants are competing in various new frontiers (search, mobile, office software, etc) and the consumers are winning!!
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That's only true if you restrict your definition of "computer" to the kind that Microsoft's principal products run on.
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Quality is habitual in German deer (5)
Good luck!
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Grade. - Quality
habitual in German Deer = G e R m A n D e E r
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Grand job! You are up tomorrow.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Clever - but why "habitual"?
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Thanks. 
I initially thought good old "regular", but then went with "habitual". I really don't know why. 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Divorce via Facebook[^]
Seems very complicated to me. Can't they just make a button that automatically executes the divorce, disconnects any family ties on FB, unfriends the ex and notifies everybody in your friend list???
It could also post a happy selfie with the caption "Free at last! I'm on the market again! Anybody game?" 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Or, you just don't get married for real, but only change your facebook status to married. That's an easy divorce. You pay a bit more taxes, but that's probably worth the hassle you save.
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Good idea, and if you only post the picture of a ring on FB, you'll save a lot of money there as well. I'm sure the "wife" will be just as thrilled... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I like this idea actually
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