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To: nickcarraway

simple: It’s not Windows.

It’s JUST an operating system, not the all-encompassing bloatware that comes from Microsoft.


4 posted on 12/19/2017 11:05:30 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Mr. K

And it is free, unless you pay for support.


6 posted on 12/19/2017 11:07:36 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Mr. K
Someone at work - a big fan of open source code products - posed the debate this way:

Would your prefer to rely on the coding prowess and benevolence of one firm (Microsoft) ...

OR

rely on crowd-sourced coding prowess and the attendant frontier justice-like retribution if people put bugs or viruses in open source codes?

I'm still pondering that one.

14 posted on 12/19/2017 11:30:08 AM PST by DoodleBob
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To: Mr. K

Intel needed memory beyond the 2G limit plus a real multi-site Enterprise solution.
MS said use Windows Enterprise and pay us big bucks.
Intel said FU and moved to Linux.

Windows at Intel is used for mail, Powerpoint and Excel.
That is about it.


15 posted on 12/19/2017 11:42:38 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Mr. K

Exactly. Linux can have minimal overhead.


17 posted on 12/19/2017 11:46:17 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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