Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
> but comon sense tells us that it is a standard, one that other people strive
> to meet or exceed.

Windows is a standard for only one reason: Lotus 1-2-3.  If the latter
hadn't taken the market by storm in the Eighties, everyone wouldn't be
using a PC, and hence everyone wouldn't be using the perating system
that comes with them.

Other platforms are not striving to meet or exceed Windows in any aspect
of its product, except maybe sales.

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