March 12, 2004
It's the Solitaire, Silly!
John Dvorak wonders aloud if anyone else is as smart as he is. Why are Windows users reluctant to switch to Mac OS X or Linux? Dvorak says, "It's the games, stupid!"
If we ignore the facts for the moment -- like the number of Windows users who are turning to game consoles like the PS2, GameCube or Xbox rather than trying to stay current with expensive PC game hardware; or the fact that many consumers (and corporations, universities, scientists, governments, etc.) are abandoning Windows, mostly because of poor security and rising license fees -- there might be something to Dvorak's game theory.
It's obvious. The best feature of Windows has always been and continues to be Solitaire!
If Dvorak is right, Microsoft is in trouble. Game over.
Posted by Sandy at 4:20 PM
none of my windows using friends even OWN a game, they all have consoles, devorak is a tard.
Posted by m.k.b. on March 13, 2004 02:19 PM | Permalink to CommentIt's the chicken-and-egg problem. PC folks MOSTLY use PC's because that's what they used since IBM introduced DOS in 1981. And the fossils inculculcate new users to join the tired PC cult by either arm twisting, or threats (who will SUPPORT your Mac. A straw man if I ever heard one!).
Habit, habit, habit. Fear of change. Plus, maybe a perverse desire to run some old crap written in COBOL by the accounting department.
He might have something there, the iPod has Solitaire, and it sells well. OSX, no solitaire, only chess. This could have been Microsoft's secret all along.
Posted by Ray Slakinski on March 13, 2004 12:37 PM | Permalink to Comment