Aral BalkanIf the success of Microsoft Windows is anything to go by, capitalism rewards exploitative mediocrity, not utilitarian excellence.
(Why yes, I’m testing on Windows and slowly losing the will to live again, how did you guess?)
Renart@aral Rather good marketing and general accessibility.
My dad once attended a presentation for a big Windows rival in the 80-90's. It was better in practically every ways, but it was far more geared toward professional use than the average user, and it heavily marketed itself as such. My father, himself a programmer, pointed it, out but they ignored him and the others who said it as well.
I think you can guess what happened.
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