"R0bb0b" <rob@ositnet.com> wrote in message
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> James;989530 Wrote:[color=green]
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>> I have the best of both worlds. You should try it. lol
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> I also share my box with windoze and linux, only because I have to. I
> have a small partition of 10g set asside for windoze and only use it
> for specific .EXEs that I unfortunately cannot do without, otherwise I
> would prefer to get rid of it all together. I absolutely refuse to get
> Vista, am still using XP, I just don't like the way that MS relys on the
> public to debug their OS. But you know what, Mac is getting a lot of
> attention, especially now that they are using intel, and linux is
> really stepping up now, I think that this is the beginning of the end
> of MS. Oh please oh please be true.[/color]

Don't be fooled. Linux isn't 'stepping up'. It is not, hasn't been for the 8
years that I've followed it, and probably never will be suitable for
mainstream desktop computing. Last time it was apparently 'stepping up',
there were Linux magazines available and all sorts. MS spends millions
ensuring that their product provides what their target audience wants.
Whether it works smoothly or not is another matter. Linux (in it's Ubuntu
incarnation) on the other hand, looks virtually the same as it did back in
the days when Red Hat was due to take over the world. It doesn't listen to
what the majority of people want. I'm sure the acid test for most people
would be being able to install their copy of MS Office natively, with the
same ease as in Windows. Can you do that?

Linux is great as a server, but it's too raw and clunky as a desktop. But
hey, it has some nice screensavers! :-)

Great as a toy...not so great as a business/work tool. The majority of
people that I know through work and personal life, do not want OpenOffice or
other such applications. They want to use their Works or Office software.

JW