kindbud - you have just demonstrated exactly my point about people some people on this site. This is an open discussion - not a battle of whits. If you actualy read my point i am not contradicting myself at all. I totally understand the frustration at times and having to perform Windows updates constantly but with 1 billion lines of code can i really be surprised? You name one peice of software that has been released without bugs!
The point is that software always contains bugs. MS turn around fixes tpyically within 24 hours for major security flaws that have been identified. No one can deny however that their software works and it works well. Otherwise it would not be used the world over.
I must admit I am not the biggest fan of Microsoft's historic dodgy and wholly untested releases but you guys seem to have a real problem with Microsoft.
I like anyone else enjoy and wholly support open source progression but i fail to understand the constant barrage of criticism against the MS OS's. Why? If Linux was so successful then it would be competing at the level that MS is - it has improved, is more user friendly and more widely supported and handled by private companies such as Red Hat but still MS are the top dog.
Has it ever occured that if other OSs had the same level of usability and usefulness as XP/Vista etc then free market force would have come into effect and they would be competing?
The fact remains that MS OS's are the best across all areas of the computing spectrum - that fact is plain and simple. Half the guys on this site have the approach of a poor politician by trying to potray factual figures differently. Even if 50 million PCs have been deployed since the sale of 40 million lienses and MS has a monopoloy - they had to get there from scratch in the first place - much where Linux is now. You all sound so incredibly jealous of MS's success yet have no factual basis to support any of your claims.
Why is it that everyone is obsessed with MS bashing?
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kindbud - you have just demonstrated exactly my point about people some people on this site. This is an open discussion - not a battle of whits. If you actualy read my point i am not contradicting myself at all. I totally understand the frustration at times and having to perform Windows updates constantly but with 1 billion lines of code can i really be surprised? You name one peice of software that has been released without bugs! The point is that software always contains bugs. MS turn around fixes tpyically within 24 hours for major security flaws that have been identified. No one can deny however that their software works and it works well. Otherwise it would not be used the world over.
I must admit I am not the biggest fan of Microsoft's historic dodgy and wholly untested releases but you guys seem to have a real problem with Microsoft. I like anyone else enjoy and wholly support open source progression but i fail to understand the constant barrage of criticism against the MS OS's. Why? If Linux was so successful then it would be competing at the level that MS is - it has improved, is more user friendly and more widely supported and handled by private companies such as Red Hat but still MS are the top dog. Has it ever occured that if other OSs had the same level of usability and usefulness as XP/Vista etc then free market force would have come into effect and they would be competing? The fact remains that MS OS's are the best across all areas of the computing spectrum - that fact is plain and simple. Half the guys on this site have the approach of a poor politician by trying to potray factual figures differently. Even if 50 million PCs have been deployed since the sale of 40 million lienses and MS has a monopoloy - they had to get there from scratch in the first place - much where Linux is now. You all sound so incredibly jealous of MS's success yet have no factual basis to support any of your claims. Why is it that everyone is obsessed with MS bashing?