Comment on Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever
Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours agoNah, I have worked in IT education and in helpdesk. Average user doesn’t have a better time getting into Microsoft products, it’s not easier for them than FOSS. The reason for Windows domination is Microsoft spending money and lobbying power to put it in front of every user.
bobo@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Maybe true today, but less true in earlier times (90s and early 2000s) when Microsoft was really gaining dominance.
Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
I don’t think you remember how insanely terrible Windows was in the 90s.
shroomato@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I’m not sure that the alternatives were any better, everything was terrible back then.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Luckily they learned from it and redesigned the kernel from scratch – hold on, my producer’s telling me that no, it’s still the NT kernel under there. Outstanding.