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4. There's nothing that a Linux PC can do that a Sun system can't do better -- even though it may cost a little more.

Entry level Sun systems are $1000 and anything decently big will set you back a lot more than that! LinuxPPC and Linux-Alpha brings more value than Solaris in low end systems. An entry level system for Linux is the cheapest off the shelf PC you can find. Solaris is also as useless as a tit on a bull for embedded systems. There are also no Solaris-based laptops. I can easily install a Linux-PPC distribution on my powerbook if I need to.

5. Hell with all this Linux crap anyway. I use WinXP on my home PC

Your point? I use it too, but I didn't buy my copy. It's a free MSDN copy from my CS department's academic alliance package. I can assure you, I wouldn't be using it if I had to deal with the product activation $hit that off the shelf copies have.

4. You get what you pay for. Sun doesn't make trash.

5. My XP is a site-license rip-off too. ~:-D

Embedded systems should be running WinCE or LynxOS anyway.

Yes, I already know that a working copy of Linux can run on a single floppy. I've also seen embedded Win2k PCs that are smaller than a pack of playing cards.

I can assure you, I wouldn't be using it if I had to deal with the product activation $hit that off the shelf copies have.

Believe it or not, this has been cracked wide open. I'm not talking about using a corporate license which doesn't need activation. I'm talking about C-R-A-C-K-E-D! And used C# to do it on VS .NET!

I couldn't believe my eyes.

The culprits? Oh, just a couple of worthless "dorm-room-operating-system-using" Linux guys. ;-)