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Microsoft's Magical 'Myth-Busting' Tour
Mz6 writes "Microsoft has launched its 'Get the Facts' road show -- the tech equivalent of a political battle bus -- to tour the country and convince the wavering that Redmond is as at least cheap and as secure as its open-source rival and to spread the word that Windows is better than Linux. Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, described the campaign as 'a reality check we're bringing out', aiming to tackle the 'myths' surrounding Linux. Microsoft's road show will be in Edinburgh on June 17, Manchester on June 29 and Newport on July 7."
How did they know he was dead? He hasn't moved and smelled bad for at least 10 years.
Wow, they must think that we're as stupid as Bush does.
Hopefully both will find out just how smart Americans are later this year. If Bush gets reelected, you'll know Linux's chances of conquering the desktop.
"To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic." Cicero
We've tried switching to Linux, but have switched back because the costs of training were simply too high to justify it. Maybe it makes sense over a five or ten year span, but who is to say it'll continue to increase in viability in day-to-day use against Microsoft products?
oh well, what kind of losers go to windows propaganda shows anyways
This is a point I repeatedly make in covering OSS vs. MS. Cost of the support network is always going to be higher with OSS, because there will always be a severe shortage of people to support it. TCO wins the day fro MS again. Not saying it's good, but you can't argue against the odds.
I'll bet you have at least one piercing (probably more), think ignorance is k00l, over-use the word d00d, and have a 5th grade reading level.
How can you not install Windows? Do you not know what you are doing? Are you so obsessed with Linix being right that you can't do a simple thing like install Windows? I can't install Linux. Windows is easy for me. Don't assume because you don't have a clue that Windows sucks. And how can't you get the data? Does Linux not even have good programs to see it with? Do you say that since .doc is not open it must be horrible? Why do you need to reinstall it. I haven't done that, with 95, in over 3 or 4 years. And I install and unstall stuff like crazy. Face it, Linux is not blatently superior to Windows. Windows has advantages Linux won't have for years. And of course Linux is too complicated for a "peon" to use. Even Windows is but they can get along.
P.S. Your comment was rated 5 when I clicked on "reply to this" but was 4 in the new window. At least somebody knows you aren't that insightful.
Why don't you guys have friends or journals?