From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) From: Daniel Lyons In-Reply-To: <20110507050114.GC5763@fangle.proxima.alt.za> Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 01:36:23 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2BD94E63-BD1D-4072-8799-B4107411407D@storytotell.org> References: <201105052345.27828.errno@cox.net> <20110506120720.GB5763@fangle.proxima.alt.za> <201105060907.07574.errno@cox.net> <20110507050114.GC5763@fangle.proxima.alt.za> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] freedom (was Re: Compiling 9atom kernel) Topicbox-Message-UUID: e0b61240-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On May 6, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Lucio De Re wrote: > has anybody > conclusively established why something MS could not successfully = market > has found such a ready audience when supplied by Apple? Is it the UI > as one might conclude from an earlier post? The stylus, maybe? http://www.tuaw.com/files/stevesings.mp3 My pet theory is that it's the same reason people don't buy paper = tablets that weigh 5+ lbs and have with built-in typewriters. Of course, = you can't discount the possibility that there's a difference between a = car and a horseless carriage. =97=20 Daniel Lyons