Mxsmanic wrote:


In the world of computer software, the advantages of standardization
are so enormous that they sometimes take priority over almost
everything else, particularly from the standpoint of ordinary computer
users (as opposed to specialists).

Yeah, and as of next year you'll only be able to buy Ladas. :-)
What a bunch of horse petunias.

Thus, although Microsoft Windows is by far the dominant desktop
operating system, the advantages of it being so outweigh the
disadvantages in many respects for the average end user, which is why
it tends to remain the dominant operating system.

That's one way of looking at it I suppose. Not very insightful,
but a way.