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____/ Linonut on Friday 13 June 2008 14:17 : \____
> * 7 peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> I'm glad I made the switch to Linux.
>>
>> Not only is it a better OS, but all the people and attitudes are
>> changing. It is now immensely funny seeing all those stupid
>> messages and circus hoopy things that plague a WINDUMMY OSen.
>> I just pity all the windummies and their asstroturfers
>> persuing a creamy future getting creamed.
>
> It is amazing, isn't it, how your perspective changes after using Linux
> for awhile.
>
> Apart from some work in Visual Studio and WinDBG, I can barely tolerate
> the Windows experience now. I limit it to the absolute minimum. No
> decent command-line (without a nice learning curve), crappy native text
> editor, no multiple virtual desktops built into it.
>
> The funny thing is that the Windows experience is not getting better,
> not even on the server. It's getting worse! Slower, no more reliable
> (that I can tell), odd changes in behavior with new service packs, awful
> "clustering".
>
> Even my Win 2000 VM -- started out pretty snappy, now it is basically
> painful to use, a real snoozer.
>
> And I'm not exaggerating this for effect -- I truly don't understand how
> most people can tolerate Windows.
They buy a PC. Microsoft has had the back-room deals [1] force them to pay for
Windows, and for other O/Ses be hard to install [2]. Microsoft is quite the
0rganisation [3].
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[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/27/microsoft_execs_jilted/
[2] http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/px03020.pdf
[3] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071023002351958
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~~ Best of wishes
"Monopoly raises two classes of problems for a free society. First, the
existence of monopoly means a limitation on voluntary exchange through a
reduction in the alternatives available to individuals. Second, the existence
of monopoly raises the issue of “social responsibility”, as it has come to be
called, of the monopolist."
--Milton Friedman
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