Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:21:46 -0000, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> Doctor John wrote:
>>> Why is it that so many M$ users (present company excepted) defend their
>>> choice by pointing to the success of M$ as a company rather than being
>>> able to rationally discuss the pros and cons of Windows (all variants)
>>> as a stable and secure OS?
>>
>> Because non-technical people don't know about that stuff. They just 
>> know that it can't be *too* bad if that many people are using it.  
>> I.e., they look at the users, and trust the opinion of those who most 
>> got it right.
>>
>> It's not science, it's politics.
> 
> Another conversation
> 
> "Millions of people can't be wrong!"
> "Why not?"
> "Um well because er if something was wrong then people would stop using it"
or
"And the first person who tried it got told 'Millions of people can't be 
wrong'"

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