You get all these personal attacks, insults, brand bashing and what not with our without blogging. Blogging simply provides an easy-to-use platform for the people to express their thoughts and opinions regardless of their nature. This [maddox.xmission.com] guy bash people just as badly as the "bloggers" do, and he doesn't need to blog for that. So don't make an uneducated conclusion like
"Suddenly they are the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns."
That's like saying that Google is the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extermism and smear campaigns because it provides an index to all these sources on the Internet. I don't understand the logic behind their remark...
For me the choice is simple: I have a couple of old boxes at home that runs oh-so-slow on Windows, and (surprise surprise) Linux is the only way to go to get a up-to-date OS running my boxes. Get X running, throw in fluxbox (or any other lightweight WM) and you get a pretty functional system. I expect more people, at least the slighly technically inclined ones, will adopt Linux at a greater rate once Vista is released.
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For me the choice is simple: I have a couple of old boxes at home that runs oh-so-slow on Windows, and (surprise surprise) Linux is the only way to go to get a up-to-date OS running my boxes. Get X running, throw in fluxbox (or any other lightweight WM) and you get a pretty functional system. I expect more people, at least the slighly technically inclined ones, will adopt Linux at a greater rate once Vista is released.