I've been using Ubuntu since Warty Preview, but before that I went from Redhat, then on to Debian where I stuck for about 3 years... I administer a Windows AD based network... And it's always worked very nicely.
I switched because I work on MS servers, MS desktops, and a network powered by MS. When I come home, I want something that's not going to 'hurt my eyes,' that 'just works,' and that doesn't require all the overhead required to pamper a windows box.
Absolutely, education makes all the difference. Once I figured out how the nasties were getting on my computer I managed to keep using IE and avoid getting any spyware. A lot of it's about making good decisions. What I like about firefox is that a lot of those decisions do not have to be made because of the nature of the beast...
He dismisses Linux and Macintosh with extreme bias and little objectivity. He has probably never touched a Linux system... And although Macs are a bit pricey, he probably hasn't messed much with them either. This is typical of someone who has grown up knowing nothing other than windows... Windows is not the end-all be-all solution to desktop computing. It might have helped start it, but now (as previously pointed out by another poster) it's quite possible that it is suppressing growth of the industry in some ways...
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I've been using Ubuntu since Warty Preview, but before that I went from Redhat, then on to Debian where I stuck for about 3 years... I administer a Windows AD based network... And it's always worked very nicely.
I switched because I work on MS servers, MS desktops, and a network powered by MS. When I come home, I want something that's not going to 'hurt my eyes,' that 'just works,' and that doesn't require all the overhead required to pamper a windows box.
Absolutely, education makes all the difference. Once I figured out how the nasties were getting on my computer I managed to keep using IE and avoid getting any spyware. A lot of it's about making good decisions. What I like about firefox is that a lot of those decisions do not have to be made because of the nature of the beast...
IE sucks the spyware in... Anytime I fix a spyware infested PC it's for an IE user.
He dismisses Linux and Macintosh with extreme bias and little objectivity. He has probably never touched a Linux system... And although Macs are a bit pricey, he probably hasn't messed much with them either. This is typical of someone who has grown up knowing nothing other than windows... Windows is not the end-all be-all solution to desktop computing. It might have helped start it, but now (as previously pointed out by another poster) it's quite possible that it is suppressing growth of the industry in some ways...
Who in their right mind would put it on their Linux boxes anyhow? A microsoft anti-virus running on a linux box?