Follow Up to "Linux's Achilles Heel"

donheff writes "Fred Langa has posted an Informationweek online followup to his "Linux's Achilles Heel" column that drew a lot of attention on slashdot recently. He responds to several of the most common criticisms and 'posits that high-priced commercial Linux vendors are on a suicidal course, unless they lower prices to accentuate their advantages over Windows.'"

Comments

Re:Something about this week?

[jedidiah]

>> He bought a Linux distribution for as much money
>> as Windows would have cost. He installed it on
>> his PC. It didn't work as advertised.

This thesis was not supported by his article, nevermind proven. The article in question simply provided insufficient information to make a rational judgement on the matter. It sounds more like a hatchet job crafted with hardware expected to give Linux problems.

Something more professional would have been to point out that anything not the market leader is going to have 3rd party support issues regardless. This will be the case even when linux has a verifiable 25% share of the market.

The author was simply engaging in simpleminded drivel that should get his journalism degree (if he has one) revoked. Such tantrums are fine for end users with no clue. For those in the press such shenanigans are inexcusable.

Same Old Moronic Horseshit

[Master of Transhuman]

Same old scrap from the same old Windows trolls.

I've had to reinstall Windows 2000 TWICE in the last week because the Registry got hosed (once from a third party program, once from who knows how).

I look at the various system recovery options in 2000 and XP. Guess what? Most of them are COMMAND LINE.

I ran Windows Media Player 9 for a few hours for the first time (I usually use Winamp) the other day. Thing eventually refused to play videos it had played twenty minutes before. Black screen only. Obvious memory leaks. And try to find the menu item to turn off the control bars with full screen. Buried in an "advanced" menu item no newbie could find if he was paid to.

This is intuitive? This "just works?"

Gimme a fucking break.

I'll say it again. Windows is CRAP. Linux is also crap, but it is FREE crap.

And Langa's complaint that commercial distros cost as much as Windows is absolute ruminant evacuation. Since when did Windows come with a free Office Suite, TWO databases, development system, etc., etc. ad nauseum?

Langa is a moron. The Windows trolls are morons.

Linux is going to eat Windows lunch.

Mod this trollbait. Mod this flame.

Is that all you got, huh? Are you nuts? Come at me!