A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all these years

[Jayton Garnett]

I used to be naive too, thinking Unix was better in all respects. Then got a
job working in a predominately Windows  environment, and most of the
problems I encounter are third party software issues - hardly the fault of
Microsoft eh? Yes Unix is far more interesting as you can start with a CLI
and build on that to make what you want, however that is also it's downfall.
The average PC user just about knows how to turn it on, write a document,
browse the web and print.

Explaining to a computer user non-technical how/why/when to install software
using the ports and make or even pkg_add -r and for them to grasp this
concept is where Windows (OS/X also) is by far the 'better' OS for these
people, which is more than 90% of the population.

Cheers,
Jay ;)