I've been in IT for longer then I would like to say. In that time I've seen Microsoft come to dominate the PC market. There are valid reasons that they did so and all the hate is little mind boggling. Sure I've gone through “frustrated with Microsoft” phases like when millennium came out...or windows 2k...or vista. But then I've dealt with problems with every major OS and most major hardware platforms. One thing you learn is that all OS’s have there upsides and downsides. Linux isn't immune.
Yeah.
Windows millenium and windows millennium 2.0(windows vista) have been the equivalent of scandals.
But I tell you what, I really miss windows 2000. That really was a great OS. After some service packs of course.
And I can’t lie. I’ve had some really stinkers when downloading and trying different linuxes. That’s why at this point I pretty much stick with fedora. It’s fast, stable, full featured, supported, and best of all free. It’s great.