[eno_]

They are right to be scared. Linux is different from a commercial competitor. In many ways, Microsoft can't compete against Linux - that is, not compete and lose, but can't even get in the same game. Google is built on free software, and would have cost tens of millions more to build on Windows (and even more if they used Solaris). I like XP, but the first time I can't get around some content protection crap, I'll set up a Linux machine for my media management instead of XP.

[Justa]

I like XP Pro's packet scheduler that seeks out and switches to the fastest route. I really helps in long-distance dls. As for overall performance you have to remove the 20% resource reservation to get it to operate at full power.