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Look at the guy's site: CHC-3 Consulting. He's not some wet-behind-the-ears n00b.

Here is my essay on this topic (which slashdot declined to publish a couple months ago).

Chuck

Here is my essay on this topic (which slashdot declined to publish a couple months ago).

Chuck

"What is the most common question you are asked by friends and acquaintances, when the find out that you study/work in the computing field?"

"Four out of Five computer professionals surveyed say: "Can you fix my [Windows] computer?" (While the comment is a little toung in cheeck, among the rather large number of computer professionals I know, the statistic would be 37 out of 37 surveyed)."

Well, I can't say I'm no stranger to that. However, you're conveniently leaving out the fact that some of those "Can you fix my computer?" comments may not be related to Windows itself. Of all the times that I've been called over to a friends' or relatives' house to fix their computer, it's either been software related (be it a bug in Windows or not) or hardware related. Just because someone asks you to fix their computer doesn't mean that Windows is the culprit behind it all. [Enter needless flame] Way to spin doctor though :)

As for your comments about how easy it is for everyone to use Linux, so be it. However, for further reading, I suggest you check out this link about ease of installing Linux. This is also a good link to check out. But you'll probably dismiss it as pro-Microsoft bias. *rolls eyes* Oops, more needless flamage :)

Oh yes, for the record, no, I'm not a Microsoft droid. But after posting a pro-Microsoft opinion here and there, people seem to assume so.

"What is the most common question you are asked by friends and acquaintances, when the find out that you study/work in the computing field?"

"Four out of Five computer professionals surveyed say: "Can you fix my [Windows] computer?" (While the comment is a little toung in cheeck, among the rather large number of computer professionals I know, the statistic would be 37 out of 37 surveyed)."

Well, I can't say I'm no stranger to that. However, you're conveniently leaving out the fact that some of those "Can you fix my computer?" comments may not be related to Windows itself. Of all the times that I've been called over to a friends' or relatives' house to fix their computer, it's either been software related (be it a bug in Windows or not) or hardware related. Just because someone asks you to fix their computer doesn't mean that Windows is the culprit behind it all. [Enter needless flame] Way to spin doctor though :)

As for your comments about how easy it is for everyone to use Linux, so be it. However, for further reading, I suggest you check out this link about ease of installing Linux. This is also a good link to check out. But you'll probably dismiss it as pro-Microsoft bias. *rolls eyes* Oops, more needless flamage :)

Oh yes, for the record, no, I'm not a Microsoft droid. But after posting a pro-Microsoft opinion here and there, people seem to assume so.

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