Advertising is intended to lie to me. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in dreams. No siree!
I think the best answer for "when to switch" is almost certainly a political one and not a technical one.
The answer is probably "How much money does the business make because of the system?" If it makes a LOT of money, you shouldn't mess with it (because it seems like it is doing its job). If it makes a lot of money but keeps breaking down, fix it so you can make even MORE money. If it doesn't make money and switching would cost lots of money, it isn't worth bothering with.
Extended copyright discourages innovation by encouraging people to "rest on their laurels" Yeah, but being lazy is practically the definition of being an American. Would you expect anything less? Now, go flick on the boob tube and drink a cool, refreshing Pepsi.
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Yep. I'd say the biggest reason there aren't many Linux gamers is that most games don't run in Linux. So there you go.
Textbooks are only guides. Why couldn't the homework be made up of original problems every semester? Is it too hard to come up with new questions?
I think the best answer for "when to switch" is almost certainly a political one and not a technical one.
The answer is probably "How much money does the business make because of the system?" If it makes a LOT of money, you shouldn't mess with it (because it seems like it is doing its job). If it makes a lot of money but keeps breaking down, fix it so you can make even MORE money. If it doesn't make money and switching would cost lots of money, it isn't worth bothering with.
Well, according to this, there are several thousand. Not to mention that due to linux emulation, freebsd can run anything linux can run.
The "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag is most likely used sarcastically by many slashdotters. I think you may have been desensitized to sarcasm, having watched too much Fox News or something...