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You're welcome, it was a good article. There are a few decent guys that support Linux, like that guy, who admit it has some serious issues, and want them corrected. They know the guys that go around telling everyone within shouting distance how great linux is are only hurting their cause, because as soon as someone starts to believe them, then tries to load it up and deal with all the BS, they'll probably lose those potential users forever because they will feel they have been tricked into trying to rely on something for their computer needs that simply isn't good enough.

I think you fall into that category yourself, as does Poser, and others who were misled by the Linux "hype". It makes you start to wonder why these guys are pushing this stuff on everyone, when we know some of the things about it like I have posted above, and how Democrats and socialists the world over are trying to ram it down everyone's throat as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05systems.html?ex=1246766400&en=269f1a83d00e9e51&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1617712,00.asp?kc=EWNKT0209KTX1K0100440

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7239

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=democrats+%22open+source%22+laws&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8

Thanks. I think I speak for a lot of people, I went in, tried it, had some frustrations, worked them out and am giving Linux a fair shot. I like what I see thus far, I just wish someone would have forewarned beforehand so I wouldn't have wasted most of a weekend chasing problems.

I went to a few Linux sites and posted questions and got one-word type answers. I had gotten the opinion that most Linux guys were smug know-it-all prix. Luckily, I found a few patient people here to help disprove that stereotype (particularly n3wbi3), otherwise I would have scrapped it and probably never gone back.

We'll see where this goes ... I think Linux people should pay attention because people like me are the ones they are trying to "convert".