Re: [dvd-discuss] Fwd: Bush taps Clarke as CyberdefenseChief

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:

> Now Betty, who is my mother, uses a mac. WRT to your Aunt Betty not 
> demanding something better, what's the alternative for the PC? Microsoft 
> has a monopoly.....and the government isn't doing much about it right now 
> other than letting microsoft screw around and waste time.

<veering slightly off topic...>

My point isn't about wether there are alternatives at all.  To me, some
things are acceptible, some things aren't.  If every time you drove
somewhere in your car, there was a 25% chance it would fail, I wouldn't be
caught dead in a car.  Since the chance is much smaller, it is
acceptable.  If every time I use a PC, there's a large chance it will
crash and lose my work, I won't use it most of the time.  Without being a
computer expert, I think people should still be able to look at something
and say "this is reasonable" or "this isn't reasonable".  My girlfriend's
dad bought a computer around last X-mas with Win ME.  It seriously could
not stay running for more than an hour or two at a time without having
serious problems.  Maybe it was the computer itself, but I doubt it.  Even
if the car was the best thing we had, I would say 25% failure rate is
still too high, and I would still complain.

 -- noah silva