On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Warp wrote:

>    The vast majority of people who had (and have) Vista in their PCs had
> no choice. It's not like Vista became "the second most popular OS" by
> people's choice. It became the second most popular because computer vendors
> made the choice for their customers

Heh, yeah.

Sometimes I wonder if red sports cars are *actually* more popular, or 
whether it's just that most sports cars available happen to be red...

>    It's a bit like arguing that OPEC is a great organization because the
> vast majority of the world's oil comes from them. That would be one of
> the dumbest arguments in existence.

What, dumber than arguing that the supreme improbability of complex life 
existing is explained by the pre-existence of something far more improbable?

Or perhaps you meant dumber than arguing that 0.002 cents is actually 
the same thing as 0.002 dollars?

Sorry, I couldn't resist... ;-)

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