The Truth About Linux and Windows

petrus4 writes "Groklaw has an update on the Laura DiDio saga. Apparently, her complaints about "Linux extremists" notwithstanding, cooler heads than the usual suspects are asking questions about her research. A very interesting read, and one which will hopefully encourage corporate readers to regard the Yankee Group's findings with the requisite metric ton of salt in the future."

Comments

Re:I don't know why this is so deviceive.

[lubricated]

> gaming, business applications, enterprise servers or streaming media from your computer to your TV you won't go wrong with Windows.

what a bunch of astroturfing crap. Let's see. Gaming, ok sounds good it's better on windows. starting off nicely. Business applications, lost it with that one already,
wtf is a business application(just about anything other than games?)
enterprise servers(yes if you want your enterprise servers to be shitty, windows is much better)
streaming media from your computer to your TV, yes that way I can store my movies on my tv's hard drive. Oh wait, my tv lacks a hard drive. Perhaps you meant tv out.

Re:I don't know why this is so deviceive.

[DogDude]

wtf is a business application(just about anything other than games?)

Ok, smartass. Show me one financial package equivalent to Quickbooks Premier that runs on Linux. Then, show me one point of sale system that is as easy to set up and use as, say, Intuit QBPOS or MS RMS. Until you can do that, then you are the one astroturfing, either that, or you're just talking out of your ass. As a business owner, I can't wait until Linux is stable enough, usable enough, affordable enough, and has at least ONE application that is useful for my business.

Re:I don't know why this is so deviceive.

[black mariah]

You'll see in a decade that we were right and you were wrong.

Right around the same time that Linux is ready for the desktop, I take it...