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To: milo_morai who wrote (62718)	11/7/2001 6:03:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I don't mind that figure being published, but system vendors or any CPU makers or any one else, but I still wouldn't want it to be a matter for regulation. Besides could you come up with 10 applications that 75% of the population uses? Maybe MS word (if by population you mean computer users) but then there would be all different versions and I'm not sure 75% of people use it. Most people use a browser but some use IE, some use Netscape, and a few use something else. What other piece of software is that common? I don't think you could make a benchmark out of MS Solitaire or winmine. <g> Tim

To: milo_morai who wrote (62718)	11/7/2001 6:08:49 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 275872

Milo, Re: "I say 10 applications that 75% of the population uses and 10 games that are in the top 20 best sellers." And how do you determine those applications? Whose market research will you trust (same for the games)? Would it be unfair advertising to allow some companies to get the name brand visibility by having their applications required on every computer system? Microsoft would no doubt own a lot of the applications that "75% of the population use". How about the games list? What do you do when it gets updated (which I imagine will be done weekly)? Are benchmarks required for every single computer configuration? What about OEMs or stores that configure systems per customer request? What consumer products, besides food, have required measurements on the side of the package? Will this require precedent from the rest of the consumer world? Who is going to pay for the staff to make these continued benchmarks? Will the costs translate to more cost to the customer? Who gets to set the standards, and keep them up? Is there any government worker out there with the knowledge to do this responsibly? I'm sure there are more holes that I can find in your utopian ideology, but I'll let you stew over these, first. wanna_bmw