I have said it before and I will say it again. Microsoft Windows 9x may not be as stable as linux, we all know that linux is solid, however Microsoft has a very strong user base and for the average and the new users Linux is just to damn hard to use. I have been using a computer for most of my life starting with GeoWorks, and I have found no other opperating system that can do what Windows does. Face it, Linux is a COMMAND LINE interface no matter what Window Manager that you use weather it be KDE, Gnome or Window Maker or what every else there is you still ne to use the Xterm or the Console to execute programs, Moreover the installation process for applications, software drivers and System files under linux is extremely hard to do, I was lucky to get Xf86 4.0 to sucessfully upgrade over 3.6. With Windows all you need to do to update a driver for a spacific piece of hardware is find it on the net, go to the device manager and click on the hardware that is listed and then click on update driver also if I want to update to new revisions of main system files, i don't need to recompile a kernel and I don't need to make symbolic links to files, all i need to do is for windows is get an update patch and double click on the icon and bam.. my system is up to date. Also the average user don't want to figure out how to use a command line, they want to be able to turn on their pc and use the internet or type a doccument, with out haveing to worry about compiling and debugging, they want to put the keys in the ignitiion and drive, with linux you can not do that. Also, you really can't compare Windows 9x to Linux because Linux is not designed to take the place of an average user on the desktop, it is designed to be a web server which it does really well.. I am sick of all you loyalist hypocrits, you MUST admit that without microsoft, the computer would NOT be able to do what it does today with the speed that it does it and the computer would NOT be as versatile as it is now with out microsoft and NOBODY can deny that. Now the ONLY way to shift the power of the opperating system game is to GET UP OFF YOUR ASS and make a product that is intuitive, efficient, easy to use and is either compatable with a vast majority of hardware or it is easy to write hardware drivers for. If you want to be the big shark, first you gotta beat the big shark and unfortunatly with linux in its current state, it will never do it. Also remember that the average joe don't give a fuck about compiling and shit that makes linux so compelling to nerds, they just want to go online. Chris
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I have said it before and I will say it again. Microsoft Windows 9x may not be as stable as linux, we all know that linux is solid, however Microsoft has a very strong user base and for the average and the new users Linux is just to damn hard to use. I have been using a computer for most of my life starting with GeoWorks, and I have found no other opperating system that can do what Windows does. Face it, Linux is a COMMAND LINE interface no matter what Window Manager that you use weather it be KDE, Gnome or Window Maker or what every else there is you still ne to use the Xterm or the Console to execute programs, Moreover the installation process for applications, software drivers and System files under linux is extremely hard to do, I was lucky to get Xf86 4.0 to sucessfully upgrade over 3.6. With Windows all you need to do to update a driver for a spacific piece of hardware is find it on the net, go to the device manager and click on the hardware that is listed and then click on update driver also if I want to update to new revisions of main system files, i don't need to recompile a kernel and I don't need to make symbolic links to files, all i need to do is for windows is get an update patch and double click on the icon and bam.. my system is up to date. Also the average user don't want to figure out how to use a command line, they want to be able to turn on their pc and use the internet or type a doccument, with out haveing to worry about compiling and debugging, they want to put the keys in the ignitiion and drive, with linux you can not do that. Also, you really can't compare Windows 9x to Linux because Linux is not designed to take the place of an average user on the desktop, it is designed to be a web server which it does really well.. I am sick of all you loyalist hypocrits, you MUST admit that without microsoft, the computer would NOT be able to do what it does today with the speed that it does it and the computer would NOT be as versatile as it is now with out microsoft and NOBODY can deny that. Now the ONLY way to shift the power of the opperating system game is to GET UP OFF YOUR ASS and make a product that is intuitive, efficient, easy to use and is either compatable with a vast majority of hardware or it is easy to write hardware drivers for. If you want to be the big shark, first you gotta beat the big shark and unfortunatly with linux in its current state, it will never do it. Also remember that the average joe don't give a fuck about compiling and shit that makes linux so compelling to nerds, they just want to go online. Chris