MS Windows advocates sometimes claim that “normal people” (1) don’t like having choices and that all the Linux distributions confuse people.
Just a quick question: have any of the people who argue this ever seen or been in an American supermarket? Have you seen the cereal aisle? The toothpaste section? Seriously, my wife is from Japan and she had some serious culture shock the first time she saw all the choices for things like toothpaste, deodorant, spaghetti sauces, etc, etc.
Personally, I don’t think “too much choice” has anything to do with the “popularity” of MS Windows. The explanation is much simpler — the network effect, years of having a monopoly, and the fact that most “normal people” don’t know or care one way or the other.
(1) “normal person” meaning anyone who isn’t motivated to advocate for an operating system or desktop environment or who doesn’t consider operating systems their hobby.
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[...] Too Many Choices? Just a quick question: have any of the people who argue this ever seen or been in an American supermarket? Have you seen the cereal aisle? The toothpaste section? Seriously, my wife is from Japan and she had some serious culture shock the first time she saw all the choices for things like toothpaste, deodorant, spaghetti sauces, etc, etc. [...]
[...] Too Many Choices? Just a quick question: have any of the people who argue this ever seen or been in an American supermarket? Have you seen the cereal aisle? The toothpaste section? Seriously, my wife is from Japan and she had some serious culture shock the first time she saw all the choices for things like toothpaste, deodorant, spaghetti sauces, etc, etc. [...]
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