Although I, personally, don't like Microsoft products, I do have to admit that they did do some good as a company. I believe that without Windows being so ubiquitous, the personal computer market would not be as big as it is. For those of us who know computers inside and out, and aren't intimidated by them, Linux or Unix is ideal. But for someone's grandparents or for someone who is technologically-impaired, Windows is great because you don't have all the worry of text-based config files, etc...and if you do run into problems, most techies that you know are proficient in Windows and can help out. Windows is for people who really don't care what goes on inside their machine. Although we may not agree with that position, computers wouldn't be nearly as popular as they are currently if those people didn't have a candy-coated OS to turn to. - Jen
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Although I, personally, don't like Microsoft products, I do have to admit that they did do some good as a company. I believe that without Windows being so ubiquitous, the personal computer market would not be as big as it is. For those of us who know computers inside and out, and aren't intimidated by them, Linux or Unix is ideal. But for someone's grandparents or for someone who is technologically-impaired, Windows is great because you don't have all the worry of text-based config files, etc...and if you do run into problems, most techies that you know are proficient in Windows and can help out. Windows is for people who really don't care what goes on inside their machine. Although we may not agree with that position, computers wouldn't be nearly as popular as they are currently if those people didn't have a candy-coated OS to turn to. - Jen