Dvorak on How Microsoft Can Kill Linux

gewg_ writes "John C. Dvorak thinks he knows the way Redmond can kill Linux. Basing his premise on the relative dearth of device drivers available for Linux (compared to what is available for Windows), he sees an opportunity for the Borg to embrace and extinguish." From the article: "The immediate usefulness of Linux running under Windows is obvious. You can use all the Windows drivers for all the peripherals that don't run under Linux. Drivers have always been an issue with Linux as PC users have gotten spoiled with Windows driver support. Today's user wants to grab just about anything and not worry about installing it and making it work."

Comments

Re:What would MS-linux have I can't get from

[superpulpsicle]

Windows can dominate over Linux if it had no bugs. Pfff... Ah hahaha

Re:Stop promoting this douche!

[JavaLord]

Agreed. People need to stop promoting this douche bag. He intentionally writes dumb columns in order to (negatively) attract readers.

Gee, what a suprise that opinion is coming from a guy called "Aqua OS X".

Just because Dvorak doesn't constantly praise Apple and Linux and will call them on their weaknesses as much as he calls out microsoft doesn't make him a douchebag, it makes him realistic and balanced unlike many other tech writers who are just zealots.

Re:WHAT!?

[d0brii]

Hahaha who cares what Dvorak has to say.

Re:Did you even frickin try?

[ShieldW0lf]

You deserve to be flamed because you DIDN'T EVEN CHECK before you started calling things "unsupported".

Let me take a peek at my system here and recall my experience attempting to install Linux on it...

When a person explicitly claims that they are recalling the last time they tried to install an operating system, that generally makes it clear to any person with the capacity to read that the poster didn't go check to see if everything was supported. I don't recall reading anything int the "slashdot terms and conditions" stating I'm obliged to go looking for the latest and greatest when I'm putting up a post about my most recent experience.

Oh, and since you've posted that you had this stuff working 3 years ago, it's abundantly clear that not only are you a flamer with no class at all, you're also a liar and a shit disturber. I went looking at Hercules' website and checked the ALSA pages the last time I tried to get the thing working, and it sure as hell wasn't 3 years ago.

I'd suggest you go Get Fucked. Pay if you must. You sound like you desparately need it.