'The rich can't get a better OS than the rest of us'  Wired UK
Andy Warhol would have been a Windows user. Sure, he might
perhaps have been seduced by Apple’s graphic cool, but let ’s
not forget what he thought about Coke: “A Coke is a Coke and no
amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum
on the corner is drinking. What’s great about this country is
that America started the tradition where the richest consumers
buy essentially the same things as the poorest.”  And what’s
true about carbonated drinks seems also to be true of operating
systems and UIs – the richest person in the world can’t get
anything better than the rest of us can get. Which, frankly, is
odd. There’s a premium version of almost every consumer market
you can think of. Think of a product category and there will be
a way you can pay more money and get something better. And,
actually, there’s normally a fringe/cult version too, and
special versions for teens and mums. Not with UIs. Unless you’re
doing something horribly spe