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March 12, 2004
It's the Solitaire, Silly!
Posted by Sandy
John Dvorak wonders aloud if anyone else is as smart as he is. Why are Windows users reluctant to switch to Mac OS X or Linux? Dvorak says, "It's the games, stupid!"
If we ignore the facts for the moment -- like the number of Windows users who are turning to game consoles like the PS2, GameCube or Xbox rather than trying to stay current with expensive PC game hardware; or the fact that many consumers (and corporations, universities, scientists, governments, etc.) are abandoning Windows, mostly because of poor security and rising license fees -- there might be something to Dvorak's game theory.
It's obvious. The best feature of Windows has always been and continues to be Solitaire!
If Dvorak is right, Microsoft is in trouble. Game over.
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1. Ray Slakinski on March 13, 2004 12:37 PM writes...
He might have something there, the iPod has Solitaire, and it sells well. OSX, no solitaire, only chess. This could have been Microsoft's secret all along.
Permalink to Comment2. m.k.b. on March 13, 2004 02:19 PM writes...
none of my windows using friends even OWN a game, they all have consoles, devorak is a tard.
Permalink to Comment3. Tom Barta on March 13, 2004 07:39 PM writes...
It's the chicken-and-egg problem. PC folks MOSTLY use PC's because that's what they used since IBM introduced DOS in 1981. And the fossils inculculcate new users to join the tired PC cult by either arm twisting, or threats (who will SUPPORT your Mac. A straw man if I ever heard one!).
Permalink to CommentHabit, habit, habit. Fear of change. Plus, maybe a perverse desire to run some old crap written in COBOL by the accounting department.