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RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

> The reason they use Windows is because it runs Microsoft Office (and 
> businesses are "married" to this crap) and Microsoft's has leverage with the
> computer manufacturers. Monopolies have a lot of inertia that's hard to
> overcome. But you'll note that, for development purposes, Microsoft is now
> including Linux in Windows. There's a reason for that. And, as software
> moves to the "rental" phase and more and more of the applications move to
> the "Cloud", there will be less and less necessity to use Windows.
>

No purchasing manager was ever fired for specifying Microsoft.

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