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Linux Can't Kill Windows
nberardi writes "Infoworld is running an article in which the author claims 'Linux is established and has a niche that, as various pendulums swing, will grow and shrink. Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove Linux superior to Windows in every measure and I'll not argue with you. But no matter how much money and dedication is poured into Linux, it will never put a dent in Windows' mind share or market share because Linux is an operating system, a way -- and probably the best way -- to make system hardware do what it's told. But you can't turn Linux into a platform even if you brand it, box it, and put a pricey sticker on it.'"
Opinions are like ass holes: everyone has one of them.
Your head a splode
This article is -1 flamebait
But you don't say why you think it is, seemingly making the assumption that everyone reading the original (and your) post will see it from your perspective, informed by your skills/limitations, epxeriences with/without both OSes. For all I know you're Linus. Or Bill. But you're not giving us anything to go on, and even if you've got a good point, you're just coming off as a flamer yourself - so what's the point? I come from a setting where lots of corporate consulting clients simply won't even talk about Linux, no matter what issues I put in front of them. They make the original post ring true. So, why is it flamebait, unless it's just hitting a nerve with certain slashdot users, and calling it flamebait is easier than actually constructing a pursuasive answer? Otherwise, you're just propping up those people that think that Linux supporters are just snarky, inarticulate haters-of-the-successful - and that's no way to win corporate and end user mindshare.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
a tiny fraction of linux users hand-compile their programs.
most of them use a "platform", some popular platforms would include debian, suse, ubuntu, redhat etc... on which average user rarely ever compiles anything by himself.
winnt kernel isn't a "platform" by itself either.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.