To: observer5
Yeah, perhaps if the millions of IDIOTS could stop buying the Micros*it software that is an operating system from the stone age, we could make some headway on computer securty..... but NO!
Frankly, it's all about software availability. If all the game makers, multimedia, and other software companies released Linux versions of everything they made, they would probably sweep Windows away. Alas, the software publishers do not do this.
Even to this day, the desktop market is heavily influenced by the entertainment sector. People want DVD movies, music, and games. They learn Windows because all this stuff runs on it. When they get to their work place and new computers are needed, what do they do? They go with what they know.
I would gladly switch to OS X or 64-bit Linux; but none of my software runs on it, at least not without using some dirty hacks.
6 posted on
06/23/2006 6:17:45 AM PDT by
JamesP81
To: JamesP81; observer5
Well, to be fair, I do mess with Linux a lot, but I can't use it exclusively because I haven't been able to hack everything to run on it yet.
C is also one of my favorite programming languages; yet another reason I'd like to switch to Linux if I could get everything to run on it.
7 posted on
06/23/2006 6:20:24 AM PDT by
JamesP81
To: JamesP81
I would gladly switch to OS X or 64-bit Linux; but none of my software runs on it, at least not without using some dirty hacks.
Pay very close attention to this year's WWDC. Rumors abound of OS X 10.5 having virtualized OS support.
You may also be VERY interested in
this video, which utilizes Parallels on OS X.
10 posted on
06/23/2006 9:52:35 PM PDT by
Terpfen
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