re challenge to microsoft supporters in article news duke edu kdb sunbar mc duke edu kurt bollacker writes tim glauert thg cam orl co uk wrote in other words it is your opinion that msw is inferior to its competition that s not the same as msw being objectively inferior no it is technically inferior to the os guis that i listed ok now you are starting to define your criteria by this criterion it is inferior i m afraid that you haven t actually proved that you have shown that some aspects of msw are technically inferior to other systems as i said earlier if this is all you are trying to say then it is trivially true but some aspects of msw are actually technically superior to each of the other systems resource requirements performace device support printer support gui etc btw i d love to see the studies which show that unix x is as easy to learn as windows but i might even agree that on balance msw is technically inferior to some of the competition this still does not prove your point if you have another then perhaps i am incorrect range of available applications base os cost cost of applications cost of hardware multi platform support quality of the after sales service availability of books training materials support for visual and physical handicaps suitability for use in mobile computing quality of documentation if you think that technical excellence is the only factor when deciding on an os or indeed the primary factor you need to think again
