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Lester Thorpe <lt11@thorpe.info> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:53:18 -0600, Sam Wormley wrote:
> 
>> 
>> How much of the market do these "walled gardens" have, and why?
>>
> 
> Of course, MSFT/Apple enjoy the vast majority of the market
> share.
> 
> Why?  Because the average computer user, both individual and
> corporate, is a PROFOUND IDIOT that understands little about
> computing beyond pointing and clicking. 

A user has no need to understand anything other than the operation
of the applications they use just as the driver of a car doesn't
have to understand anything about a car other than the operation.



-- 
Jim Pennino