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22. As a general principle, no....

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:13 PM

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.... but it is also true that some systems are dominant because they ARE better. Don't dismiss that possibility. For the typical business / bureaucratic worker, I think Windows (and Apple) dominate because they ARE better for that sort of worker. In the software development realm, Linux does better, helped along by it being a religion for some techies. Like Emacs . Apple does good in that niche also, because it has a Unix like interface, and, while not "true religion" is more sanctified than Windows.

The other thing to remember is that for some applications dominance itself sometimes contributes to a product being actually, objectively better. In economics it's called network externality.

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