We have to accept the fact that NOONE is right! NO operating system is perfect. You could go through your life wearing nothing but heavy pants, and be sweaty in the summer, or only shorts, and be cold all winter. We need a middle ground. Yes, Unix has much more secure file systems, but they're not perfect. Windows has a much better gui. They both get locked up by programs, so both kernels suck. You guys are arguing over apples and oranges. What we really need to do is be open minded and take the best from both of them, to improve the situation. Anyone who has a bad opinion of linux needs to go try suse. I started out on redhat, and yes, it does suck. Suse is much better. Anyone upset with windows needs to hop on server 2003. Keeping in mind that nothing is good out of the box, if you don't know how to set it up right is also key. If you took the time to learn the other operating system, you might appreciate it more. Unix will probably never be the best home user system, ever. Windows will always have security holes, it wouldn't run so smoothly and password free without them.
Samba will unite us all!
That's another thing, Linux works so hard to be compatible with windows, I think microsoft should really get thier act together and atleast try to work with these people. Make thier own distro or something. That's my thought. Microsoft gui on unix secure system? Who would have predicted that 15 years ago? These 2 giants really need to make love, not war. And all you nerds out there need to keep in mind that they both are crappy in thier own ways.
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We have to accept the fact that NOONE is right! NO operating system is perfect. You could go through your life wearing nothing but heavy pants, and be sweaty in the summer, or only shorts, and be cold all winter. We need a middle ground. Yes, Unix has much more secure file systems, but they're not perfect. Windows has a much better gui. They both get locked up by programs, so both kernels suck. You guys are arguing over apples and oranges. What we really need to do is be open minded and take the best from both of them, to improve the situation. Anyone who has a bad opinion of linux needs to go try suse. I started out on redhat, and yes, it does suck. Suse is much better. Anyone upset with windows needs to hop on server 2003. Keeping in mind that nothing is good out of the box, if you don't know how to set it up right is also key. If you took the time to learn the other operating system, you might appreciate it more. Unix will probably never be the best home user system, ever. Windows will always have security holes, it wouldn't run so smoothly and password free without them. Samba will unite us all! That's another thing, Linux works so hard to be compatible with windows, I think microsoft should really get thier act together and atleast try to work with these people. Make thier own distro or something. That's my thought. Microsoft gui on unix secure system? Who would have predicted that 15 years ago? These 2 giants really need to make love, not war. And all you nerds out there need to keep in mind that they both are crappy in thier own ways.