I'm in that delusion where the only difference between the other two is in how much money I have to spend to get what I need Then I think you don't use either.
You forgot to mention Firefox, which like Mozilla and Netscape, are superior to the M$ offering in every way. Not to mention all 3 are the same inbred code base, you can lump them all together into 'gecko'. I recently switched from Firefox to IE7, and I'd have to disagree with you. Little late to the show, but it's covered lots of ground. Plus, the main developer of Firefox doesn't even run Linux. He hates it from what I hear. I guess if you're comparing to the only web browser on linux 7 years ago.
I suppose if you have to pay retail for these programs and not acquire them from school, MSDN, your place of business I suppose I can see compromising features, stability and speed for cost. In so far as technical merit, the open source competitors are not there.
The biggest draw right now is that Linux is the easiest way for them to move into the future. Thanks to the porting and popularity of Firefox, Open Office, Gimp and other applications to Windoze, Linux is now the easiest way for the majority of users to keep using these best of class applications. Dude, I have no idea what planet you live on. But here on Earth, in the 21st century, OO.org, and the Gimp are NOT "best of class". Microsoft Office and Photoshop totally demolish both of your mentioned applications. I don't know what delusion you are in, but we welcome you back whenever you want.
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Oh Jesus, get off your high horse you elitist prick.
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Care to address any of his points instead of spewing anti-microsoft irrational hatred from your keyboard?
How about you guys get video playback to work reliably first, then do it in a web browser, then we can talk about video on demand.