Re: OS wars in the mainstream

From	despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen)
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: OS wars in the mainstream
Date	2014-05-26 11:43 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

> In message <lltacd$cqk$1@dont-email.me> 
>   Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2014-05-25, Hils wrote:
>>> On 2014-05-25 12:19, Kara M'bola wrote:
>>>> 2014-05-25, mm0fmf wrote:
>>>>> On 25/05/2014 09:38, Hils wrote:
>>>>>> A surprisingly good piece and discussion here in a non-tech medium,
>>>>>> primarily about Micro$oft monoculture and Windoze XP's persistence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/25/still-running-windows-xp-bill-gates-planned-it-microsoft
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd take your post much more seriously if you didn't refer to Microsoft 
>>>>> as Micro$oft.
>>>> 
>>>> It's a tad fanboi'ish, true. +1 from this casual D€bian GNU/Linux user.
>>>
>>> It has become automatic after so many hours spent (re-)installing,
>>> (re-)authenticating and trying to get useful results from MS software.
>>>
>>> Now a happy Debian user.
>>>
>>> Feel free to explain what Windoze 8 will give me which Debian 7 doesn't. :-)
>
>> 1) More games written for the platform
>
>> 2) A corporate giant to blame when things go wrong (and with
>>    Microsoft software, they always do)
>
> 3) Much simpler updating of the OS
>
> 4) More included tools that are supported as part of the OS
>
> 5) More consistent (and simpler) notifications of security patches
>
> 6) Much easier to find support

Did you intentionally just shift from good things about Windows to
good things about Linux?  If so, you should have started numbering
at 1.  If not, you're wrong.

-- 
Dan Espen

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OS wars in the mainstream Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-05-25 09:38 +0100
  Re: OS wars in the mainstream mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-05-25 11:25 +0100
    Re: OS wars in the mainstream Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2014-05-25 11:19 +0000
      Re: OS wars in the mainstream Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-25 12:45 +0000
      Re: OS wars in the mainstream Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-05-25 18:11 +0100
        Re: OS wars in the mainstream Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-25 17:47 +0000
          Re: OS wars in the mainstream Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-26 07:00 +0000
            Re: OS wars in the mainstream Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-05-26 15:07 +0000
            Re: OS wars in the mainstream despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-05-26 11:43 -0400
        Re: OS wars in the mainstream Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-05-26 02:42 +0000
        Re: OS wars in the mainstream mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-05-26 09:26 +0100
        Re: OS wars in the mainstream "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-26 11:28 +0100
          Re: OS wars in the mainstream Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-05-26 12:55 +0200
            Re: OS wars in the mainstream Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-05-26 12:48 +0100
    Re: OS wars in the mainstream Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-25 17:27 +0100

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