What Differentiates Linux from Windows?

tail.man sent in a Linux Insider piece about the difference between Linux and Windows. Quoting the synopsis "So, what's really the difference between a Unix variant like Linux and any Windows OS? It's that Microsoft reacts to marketing pressure to make design decisions favoring running a few processes faster but then finds itself forced first to layer in backward compatibility and then to engage in a patch-and-kludge upgrade process until the code becomes so bloated, slow and unreliable that wholesale replacement is again called for."

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Mozilla Crash@?

[Zegnar]

I know somewhat offtopic... but the article link crashed Moz here for me.. anyone else get that? Ver 1.5

Re:It's simple.

[packetbasher]

This is a troll, right?

Re:Mod parent up :)

[diablobynight]

Here is my argument, your leaving Microsoft, but why? I know there are these argument about them being a big evil corporation trying to stop free programming.

but are they?

if they are, why not make it so, quick time doesn't run in windows, or why not try and sue open office for it's similarities, it seems to me they really aren't attacking the linux, or GNU community at all.

If 20 well skilled programmers sat down there could be a linux virus, so why hasn't evil M$ sat down and had this done and released from somewhere else. Linux users are making said viruses against M$.

I am going to get flamed for that, but I think we can assume that viruses recently that were launched, that don't affect the computers that there on, but simply attack Microsofts website, are probably not launched by people who like M$, so if they hate M$, there probably *nix or Mac users. I could be wrong, but that's how it feels.

I think the hate, is all from the open GNU side towards, M$, personally I think M$ is glad *nix is around, so that they don't get sued over anti trust every damn year.

So I am not saying linux is bad, linux is ok, but I think M$ as you guys call it, gets a bad rap. Post me links as to court cases M$ has lost where they were accused and found guilty of crushing a smaller software company, or stealing it's software, or illegally pushing people out of an industry.

Links from viable websites please. I will read them, I swear, and with an open mind. But I think that mass beliefs in popular myths are dangerous, even if it's attacking a big corporation

also please consider, M$ is in our country, helps our GDP, and employs thousands of highly paid programmers as well as donates millions to college IS departments that need the money.