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Originally Posted by hailgautam
Earlier versions of Windows and DOS were brought to market where the environment was conducive for the MS Windows.
- alternative OSs did not enjoy wide-spread support by applications, and developers - as like Mac which was considered a multimedia OS, and also it required different hardware.
- alternative OSs were not really usable by newbies - as in the case of linux et al.
- Windows OSs were not as expensive as they are now
- previously win 95 was a revolution in a sense that brought a new graphical user interface then win 98 grew on the BSODs of win 95
 and all they guys who had win 95 had to upgrade.
- XP was way to smart and coming of age.
- now linux provides a comfortable alternative not only for experienced users but also for the newbies.
- It was way to easy to pirate, so many more people were using so more acceptance of the OS.
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The fifth point is wrong. Windows 95 was not the first operating system to bring a graphical user interface. The first operating system with a GUI was the Mac OS in 1984. Microsoft could not copy the Mac OS for all those years because they did not have the rights to do so. They ultimately made Apple's CEO, Gil Amelio sign an agreement that allowed them to copy the Mac OS and then they came out with Windows 95 in, well, 1995. The Mac OS has always been more advanced than Windows and it continues to be today.
The seventh point is that Windows XP was very easy to pirate and therefore, a lot of people were able to use the operating system and realise that it was good and easy to use.
However, even I don't understand how this would help sales. One out of probably a thousand people would have been righteous enough to actually buy the OS after using and liking the pirated version.