<< n0cm
>>><FONT size=1>Well Microsoft did even better. Their proprietary software (which plenty of people admit to being hypocrites about) has 93-95% of the market. <<<
If millions of persons and companies are using the Microsoft OS and software we have one of two choices to think about.
1) Most persons/companies running computers with Windows installed are very smart persons.
2) They are dumb and to stupid to know better.
Proprietary to me means one company controls the OS and controls the manufacture of the computer. That is what I call proprietary. When hundreds of computer manufacturers around the world build Windows compatible computers and it works I do not call that proprietary as MS does not in any way force only one manufacturer to build compatible computers.
Plus the many software manufacturers who are creating very good Windows compatible productivity software.
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JonBog:
Apple's OS is Open Source. I can run other OSes on my iBook. Not all that proprietary I guess