familiarity

Windows didn’t win because it was the best idea in an ideal marketplace; it won because it arrived first, gathered partners, and built an engine of compatibility that still drives desktop computing today. The three reasons most writers point to—software and hardware compatibility, familiarity...

Recently, I saw a fellow contributor, discussing visiting Windows7. He (Ted) had been spending a majority of time w/ Win8 for several wks. But, certainly visiting 7, periodically, @ least updating & maintenance.@ the latest of such an occasion, Ted had come to find 7 'slow' & clunky or...