I just finished reading the article on "Why does Windows still Suck?" I have been a PC user for about a decade now, shackled to what Redmond releases. Over the past year, I have been learning Linux and soon will be rid of Windows. The only things that keep Windows on one of my systems: games and a few programs that I use regularly. But that should change as the Linux platform grows.
Why haven't I gone Mac? Because I already have PC systems around my house. I might go Mac when I replace these systems next round.
I have been running Slackware Linux 10 for the past six odd months now. No firewall, no anti-virus, and no spy-ware detection. I have yet to see an issue and it is far more stable. Nothing has bothered my rock solid Linux in the least. I might screw it up, but those are errors between the keyboard and the chair. Sitting next to it, a Windows XP pro machine. Patched, Protected, and Locked Down. Alarms are always going off with some exploit being stopped. The thing I like best about my Linux OS, the price. It's free, but they except donations for further development. Not all distributions are free (far more inexpensive compared to Windows), there are those that come at a price and they include customer support.
All Bill Gates has done is either stolen or bought things that he couldn't develop himself. A perfect example is the recent acquisition of Giant's Anti-spy. All they did was slap the MS logo on it and began to release it. Microsoft as a whole has perpetuated nothing but stupid computer users. It has made computer users as a whole lazy when it comes to technology. They complain about windows & it's flaws, yet do nothing to protect themselves. And to think about the price of Windows, it borders on extortion. I can walk into a retailer and purchase Windows for somewhere between $200 (Home) and $300 (Professional); yet school just offered me two full legit copies of Professional for $10 each. Even at that price, I have to question myself "do I really want this buggy thing on my computer?"
If I thought it might bring about a good OS, I would storm Castle Redmond with a Torch and Pitchfork.
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It took a bit to find. They relocated the documents.
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search of 00028565b brought up some results
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This one speaks volumes
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom
I just finished reading the article on "Why does Windows still Suck?" I have been a PC user for about a decade now, shackled to what Redmond releases. Over the past year, I have been learning Linux and soon will be rid of Windows. The only things that keep Windows on one of my systems: games and a few programs that I use regularly. But that should change as the Linux platform grows.
Why haven't I gone Mac? Because I already have PC systems around my house. I might go Mac when I replace these systems next round.
I have been running Slackware Linux 10 for the past six odd months now. No firewall, no anti-virus, and no spy-ware detection. I have yet to see an issue and it is far more stable. Nothing has bothered my rock solid Linux in the least. I might screw it up, but those are errors between the keyboard and the chair. Sitting next to it, a Windows XP pro machine. Patched, Protected, and Locked Down. Alarms are always going off with some exploit being stopped. The thing I like best about my Linux OS, the price. It's free, but they except donations for further development. Not all distributions are free (far more inexpensive compared to Windows), there are those that come at a price and they include customer support.
All Bill Gates has done is either stolen or bought things that he couldn't develop himself. A perfect example is the recent acquisition of Giant's Anti-spy. All they did was slap the MS logo on it and began to release it. Microsoft as a whole has perpetuated nothing but stupid computer users. It has made computer users as a whole lazy when it comes to technology. They complain about windows & it's flaws, yet do nothing to protect themselves. And to think about the price of Windows, it borders on extortion. I can walk into a retailer and purchase Windows for somewhere between $200 (Home) and $300 (Professional); yet school just offered me two full legit copies of Professional for $10 each. Even at that price, I have to question myself "do I really want this buggy thing on my computer?"
If I thought it might bring about a good OS, I would storm Castle Redmond with a Torch and Pitchfork.