Linux's roots are in UNIX, not in Windows. Linux does well on Alphas, Macs, IBM mainframes, etc. Intel's platform was a circumstance, it was never the first choice.
-- "The Linux community copies the inventions of Microsoft out of necessity..." --
Inventions? Microsoft has but a few inventions, one of the more prominent ones being the talking paper clip. Microsoft buys out other companies and manipulates its OS in ways that steal other people's products. Microsoft hasn't invented anything of any significance; they just take the credit for other people's inventions.
-- "Programs such as GIMP are compared with Windows programs" --
GIMP runs on Windows, although not as well as it does on *NIX machines; are we comparing GIMP to itself now? GIMP gets compared to Photoshop; the consensus seems to be that you should really have both GIMP and Photoshop to have a well-rounded arsenal of image editing software. What is this guy talking about?
-- "Linux has become a pale imitation of the evil OS it intends to replace" --
Of course there are people who hate UNIX, but Linux was never designed to replace Windows! There are many Linuxes out there. Some may very well intend to replace Windows; but if you look at Linux carefully, you will see that there is a great variety of strategies and concepts from one distribution to another. You shouldn't knock Linux as a whole because of something a particular distribution (or distributions) is / are doing.
-- "Not quite as good but a little cheaper" --
Not quite as good for what? Use the right tool for the right job. If you don't like Linux, don't use it! Buy an SGI or something. Noone is forcing you to use Linux.
I think it makes a lot more sense to write about the facts, not manipulate the facts to fit the title of the article you decided it would look good for you to write.
This is a shining example of very poor journalism.
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-- "It's roots are in Wintel" --
Linux's roots are in UNIX, not in Windows. Linux does well on Alphas, Macs, IBM mainframes, etc. Intel's platform was a circumstance, it was never the first choice.
-- "The Linux community copies the inventions of Microsoft out of necessity..." --
Inventions? Microsoft has but a few inventions, one of the more prominent ones being the talking paper clip. Microsoft buys out other companies and manipulates its OS in ways that steal other people's products. Microsoft hasn't invented anything of any significance; they just take the credit for other people's inventions.
-- "Programs such as GIMP are compared with Windows programs" --
GIMP runs on Windows, although not as well as it does on *NIX machines; are we comparing GIMP to itself now? GIMP gets compared to Photoshop; the consensus seems to be that you should really have both GIMP and Photoshop to have a well-rounded arsenal of image editing software. What is this guy talking about?
-- "Linux has become a pale imitation of the evil OS it intends to replace" --
Of course there are people who hate UNIX, but Linux was never designed to replace Windows! There are many Linuxes out there. Some may very well intend to replace Windows; but if you look at Linux carefully, you will see that there is a great variety of strategies and concepts from one distribution to another. You shouldn't knock Linux as a whole because of something a particular distribution (or distributions) is / are doing.
-- "Not quite as good but a little cheaper" --
Not quite as good for what? Use the right tool for the right job. If you don't like Linux, don't use it! Buy an SGI or something. Noone is forcing you to use Linux.
I think it makes a lot more sense to write about the facts, not manipulate the facts to fit the title of the article you decided it would look good for you to write.
This is a shining example of very poor journalism.