[ghusto]

> So the market decided they were not what was wanted.

No, the competition decided what they wanted, by using shady-as-shit (as well as out right illegal) tactics to squash everyone else.

People _loved_ their Amigas, STs, Be boxes, etc. They loved them so much that there are still some nutjobs out there trying to keep Amiga alive! Do you think there'd be that kind of devotion for Windows 40 years later, if it died around 3.1?

No, the users didn't choose. A loose hand on monopoly law did.