Novell and Microsoft Claim Customer Support

munchola writes "Novell and Microsoft have commissioned a survey to prove that customers love their interoperability and patent deal. According to the survey 'Ninety-five percent approve of the collaboration between Novell and Microsoft,' while 'four out of five believe their organization would consider doing more business with Linux dealers if Linux providers establish an alliance with Microsoft.' As CBRonline notes, however: 'Few people have claimed the deal is bad for Novell or Microsoft's customers. The question has been whether it is good for the open source movement, open source developers, or indeed Novell itself. Those issues do not appear to have been addressed by the survey.'"

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Re:Marketing auto-fellatio?

[Pojut]

I use windows because for my purposes it works...Three of them are hooked up to various TV's around the house to act as streaming boxes, one of them is a gaming machine, one of them is a file server for the house, and the last is the aformentioned linux firewall.

I will use an analogy that I frequently use for my car. I drive an 04 rsx type-s with the ASPEC factory package. The total cost was about 32,000 dollars, taxes and all. For what I get in the package, it is overpriced; I am aware of that. However, because of how I purchased it, I have a full warrenty on all the extra parts that it came with (rims, suspension, body kit, etc.) For the same 32k, I could have bought a 350Z. It has more luxorious, is MUCH faster, and is more popular. However, the RSX is what I WANTED. I didn't care if there was better out there, this was what I wanted. So, I bought it and I love it every day that I drive it.

Same thing goes with XP. I know OSX/Linux/etc. are more secure, cheaper, more reliable, easier to use, whatever other argument you want to throw out there. I understand and accept that. But they are not what I WANT. I don't want to use linux. I don't want to use OSX. I don't care if they are better.

I want and like to use XP.