kurttrail said:
Home or Pro! What other choice is there? Linux is a Server OS, and is
too arcane for the average user! [We'll being seeing NoStop soon!]
Hi Kurt.
But in MS's case, Piracy is just the chickens coming home to roost!
Poetic effin' justice! Reaping what it sowed! Getting its just
desserts! KARMA!
Unlike you, I don't support piracy. That's why I use an OS that I don't need
to pirate to get around some silly EULA.
But, in all honesty - Windoze is fine for some folks. It allows them to
operate their computers and do whatever it is they do with their computers.
If they want to have to nurse it along to keep it protected and functional,
well that's their choice. Where it starts to bother me is when the use of
that OS in the hands of the inexperienced starts impacting on the use of my
computer. It was only because of the inherent insecurities of that OS that
has allowed for what I consider the release of a wrecking ball on the Net.
If people want to use Windoze and use it responsibly, I don't have a problem
with it. If people are constantly having problems keeping their computers
running because of how shoddily the OS is put together then I just mention
there are alternatives.
I don't like the juggernaut that M$ holds in the marketplace where computer
manufacturers have been forced to package that OS with all the systems they
sell. This cuts back on my choice when it comes to purchasing hardware. I
hate to have to purchase a laptop for example that comes bundled with an OS
that I have no intention of using and still have to pay for as part of the
package. If all computers were sold without an OS then the consumer would
have to make a choice on installing the OS they wanted to run. That's fine.
That's a competitive OS marketplace that can only benefit the consumer.
Some users will make a wise decision and others will sheepishly buy into
the big marketing machine and make an unwise decision. But at least they'll
be doing so by their free choice, not have it forced on them as is the
case, all to often, now.
