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by Turing_Machine 3246 days ago
"Yes, the minority of people who built their own systems could avoid the Windows tax. "

Which almost exactly overlapped the number of people who wanted to run Linux, or had even heard of it.

As noted above, BeOS didn't even RUN on Intel during the time in question. Gassée bet his company on persuading Apple to adopt BeOS as the new Mac OS.

He lost.

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Ignores citations supporting the point he's arguing against? Check. Fails to provide citations supporting his own argument? Check. Excerpts individual lines of a comment to argue against a point that wasn't being made. Check.

Congratulation, sir, I humbly admit to being trolled. With a little improvement, you might convince me you're human and pass your eponymous test.

Anyways, I'm done arguing events and facts I experienced first hand with someone so intent on ignoring what actually happened.