Statistics can be misleading, but I know at our University many of us no longer order servers with windows. Just this week we are ordering 3 servers with no OS that will get Debian installed. When I look around I see many others going this way too.
It's not at critical mass yet but it is substantial and I see the writing on the wall, Microsoft will be slammed hard. They won't die by any means but they will be humbled to the level they deserve within a few short years. Every server I buy without a Microsoft product helps and I have no doubt that they feel it.
Just their FUD based marketing against linux shows that they are already being impacted.
It's real hard for a server salesman to sell MS Windows servers when the customer says, "But, I can get Linux for free and it's better".
Rock on
I have to agree, I looked in depth into PDAs and even the really expensive ones still don't have enough ram to carry big databases or do much heavy lifting. Also, they are a real pain to use with that tiny stylus.
They basically are still in beta from my point of view. Short battery life, not enough ram, hard to navigate, no real file system, hard to backup preferences. I won't use one if it's given to me.
I dislike microsoft so much because of they way they changed my licensing agreements, that I don't care what they invent, They have screwed me so much in the past I will never buy another microsoft product. Go Debian !
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I have tested this on dozens of machines so I know what I am talking about. You just must not be the power user I am.
Does anyone know the exact amount that the bloat has increased by? This is not flamebait. I really want to know.
Define Fine. KDE on a 2.5 Ghz box is nowhere near as fast as windows 98 on a 233 mhz machine. The dialogs are just fat !
I actually use KDE as my default desktop but it's so so so fat !!!!
Is it still super fat? How much drive bloat is this new pig?
You make me sleepy.
I find The Daily Show gives me more than enough news to know that I don't want any news at all. Back to playing guitar and being ignorant and happy.
Sounds like nothing more than marketing hype. Throw out some great statistics with no details. Hey, sounds like a great model to run for president !
Statistics can be misleading, but I know at our University many of us no longer order servers with windows. Just this week we are ordering 3 servers with no OS that will get Debian installed. When I look around I see many others going this way too. It's not at critical mass yet but it is substantial and I see the writing on the wall, Microsoft will be slammed hard. They won't die by any means but they will be humbled to the level they deserve within a few short years. Every server I buy without a Microsoft product helps and I have no doubt that they feel it. Just their FUD based marketing against linux shows that they are already being impacted. It's real hard for a server salesman to sell MS Windows servers when the customer says, "But, I can get Linux for free and it's better". Rock on
I have to agree, I looked in depth into PDAs and even the really expensive ones still don't have enough ram to carry big databases or do much heavy lifting. Also, they are a real pain to use with that tiny stylus. They basically are still in beta from my point of view. Short battery life, not enough ram, hard to navigate, no real file system, hard to backup preferences. I won't use one if it's given to me.
No it runs Linux. Ain't it great !
I dislike microsoft so much because of they way they changed my licensing agreements, that I don't care what they invent, They have screwed me so much in the past I will never buy another microsoft product. Go Debian !