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Sure- I've only been writing software for twenty years on multiple platforms, so I don't what I'm talking about.

As soon as a major manufacturer can get an alternative OS installed in bulk that supports viable consumer and business apps that doesn't cost $2000 a la apple MS is toast. Already any business using Windows servers on its back end is run by fools (having just seen a back end server on hosted network get infested with viruses).

I think everyone who works in IT owes MS a big debt because computer use would never have gone anywhere if everyone were stuck having to a $20k SG workstation. But that doesn't mean Windows isn't a POS.

Sure- I've only been writing software for twenty years on multiple platforms, so I don't what I'm talking about. Woah! Am I supposed to be impressed?!?

But, buddy, I've got you beat by at least twice your number of years of experience, at development and analysis and management in IT. But, neither your experience nor mine are material to the subject at hand.

As soon as a major manufacturer can get an alternative OS installed in bulk that supports viable consumer and business apps that doesn't cost $2000 a la apple MS is toast.

Not likely to happen.

Linux is "free" and there are major companies that have used Linux for their devices and services, and lately, Linux in the form of Android has tried its hand, and they're still not breaking into the consumer or business sectors with any kind of success. Then there is OSX and it's many variations, which many thought could be a major competitor to Windows, and it's only been able to garner not much better than around 5% of the market.

But, keep waiting and dreaming. What hasn't occurred in the last 30 years or so, could happen. But then, MS would have to make some real awful and major mistakes for that to happen.

That Windows that you call a POS, has been driving business, small/medium/large, for over a generation, and quite well, as witnessed by how not many opted to go with Linux of OSX or any other. That POS is still installed on over 2 billion computers around the world, even if they're not in use all the time. What other piece of software can make that claim. No, Android can't make that claim, because, it's still a fairly new player and the staying power of the OS is still in doubt.

Now, since your experience, nor mine, matter in the discussion, the only other thing that matters, is the general consumer and business users, who've decided that, your dislike for MS is not how things work when it comes to their IT/computer/software decisions. Already any business using Windows servers on its back end is run by fools (having just seen a back end server on hosted network get infested with viruses). I think everyone who works in IT owes MS a big debt because computer use would never have gone anywhere if everyone were stuck having to a $20k SG workstation. But that doesn't mean Windows isn't a POS.