Windows Vista vs. Linux: Why Vista Might Lose the Battle

PlayFuls.com ^ | 05/29/2006 | Cyberlord

[rzeznikj at stout]

Nope, I didn't have my new website up and running at the time I turned it in...

[FLAMING DEATH]

I about lost it when I read that line.

[rzeznikj at stout]

I still snicker when I see it...8^)

[HKMk23]

[tips hat]
Just doing my little part to keep the discourse civil.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

It's a good one!

[N3WBI3]

Well said,

You can find an instance of pretty much anone who spends time on the tech threads arguing with anyone else at some point (e.g. Echo and I on an OSX thread a little bit ago) but both He and I (and, for that matter, 99% of people on any of the Technology related pingss) can agrue, even take sarcastic swipes at eachother and keep it generally civil

[Señor Zorro]

that is ultimately what they are, but they hide under the sheep's clothing of "open source".

There are some hypocrites in every camp, but, in my experience, most open source people really are dedicated to the freedom of software (as in speech, not beer).

When they do, it won't all be to free software like Linux, but to other products like Apple OSX and Sun Solaris instead.

One interesting thing about this comment: all of the software you are looking at (OSX, Solaris, and Linux) are UNIX derivatives of some stripe (Apple has FreeBSD code, along with Mach, in its kernel, Solaris is a UNIX descendant, and Linux is a UNIX clone). If Solaris or OSX can take market share from Windows, why not Linux?

Hopefully most of it will, since those are American products owned by American companies, and not a foreign born fake like Linux

How is Linux a "foreign born fake"? Why does the country of origin matter (within the limits of national security, which is not an issue here) if it's a better product? The free-market is all about ferretting out that which is inferior through competition.

What is this beef you have with Linux? I've seen people who didn't know about it, didn't like it, or couldn't use it (because it wouldn't fit their framework), but you are the first I have ever seen who genuinely loathes it. Why?

[Señor Zorro]

Makes sense, but I guess my confusion is that if they give it away for free, where's the benefit for the company?

Because they USE the software, not sell it. Where I work, we have a lot of programs developed in-house that are not sold outside the company, but are used solely for internal purposes.

[hoosierham]

Exactly;whatever OS is installed on the majority of new computers wins by default.Microsoft knows this.
Windows is standard in the business world and it would take a huge improvement for something else to displace it.
I don't love Microsoft and despise the DRM people as I have multiple computers personal use and see no moral reason why I should have to pay for more than one copy of any song,etc as I can only use one copy at a time.