What Keeps You Off of Windows?

J. J. Ramsey asks: "schnell has already asked the question What's Keeping You On Windows? It seems only fair to ask the opposite question. For those of you who have elected to not use Windows, what keeps you away from it? Concerns about stability? Security? Dislike of Microsoft's business practices? Or are you simply a fan of your chosen platform and just don't care about Windows one way or the other?" Might recent events sway your decision to keep Microsoft's premier software offering off of your computer?

Comments

Sasser

[awhelan]

Sasser keeps me off windows... then I go back on and it restarts my computer within 10 minutes!

Re:One thing

[Anonymous Coward]

I found the question "What's keeping you off of windows" to be interesting.

Literally, I stay off of windows because too much stress and they break.

Same is true for GLASS windows.

Re:What keeps me off?

[corbettw]

Ahhh, so you are evaluating your software based on looks of the people in the company? Wow. Can it get any more closed minded than that?

Actually, I'd say it's ironic, not just close minded. I mean, have you seen some of the gurus of "open source" lately?

Re:The fact that it is so difficult to administer.

[spectecjr]

Finally, I don't like the idea of rebooting a system every ten minutes.

Then stop rebooting it every ten minutes.

I would blame....

[vwjeff]

Would you blame Ford if your friend borrowed your car and wrecked it?

No, I would blame Firestone.

Re:I live without Windows

[carlos_benj]

...this person smarter then I am.

Cheer up. You're equally smart as neither one of you knows the difference between "then" and "than".