re challenge to microsoft supporters bferrell cicada occ uc edu brett ferrell writes in article may microsoft com jenk microsoft com jen kilm er writes found there were actually two surveys one of randomly selected resellers one of randomly selected users from the upgrade registered user database both surveys showed a positive rating jen if jd power and associates did the survey i would like an anonymous ftp site to pick it up at only a sucker believes an ms released survey results about an ms product ok assume that the results of the survey whatever they are are honest if the results indicated extreme dissatisfaction with the product is ms going to tell us to stop buying ms dos because it sux sure would it not be fair to say that the relatively few people who have decided to purchase would be inclined to like it just as those of us who love os most of the people who but them know more or less what to expect and are not disappointed i mean it is nice to know that the people who bought it are happy and important for ms to know and i don t dispute the accuracy i just would hate to see people extrapolate from that population that dos is the next computer revolution well these statistics are to shut people up and add some microscopic weight to ms arguments as i just said you have seen what automakers do who is going to believe chrysler if they tell us in a random chrysler conducted survey my theory about certain people is that they are convinced that if a point is maintained long enough it is true after all what is the focus of this company information money and information technology is for some an expedient toward these ends why did bill gates drop out of college was it because he couldn t afford it at the time was it because as the wsj says he couldn t wait to use what he knew to go out and make money bill gate s answer to this question would be highly interesting i await it i can t stomach bill declaring himself a visionary and using every available opportunity to build up the cult around himself and then having ms sell dos and windoze as their main stays kenton cmu edu os fixes broken windows
