[Discuss] Essentially all free apps will soon be available on Windows

[Adam Parkin]

Murray Strome wrote:
> I would agree that it is better in SOME ways, however when things go 
> wrong with XP they REALLY go wrong and the problems are no where as easy 
> to fix as with LINUX.   Just as an example, if the system gets "blown" 

Well, this is the point where we agree to disagree as I've found Linux
to be much more prone to the "when you fsck it up you *REALLY* fsck it
up" problem than Windows.

> I know I have posted complaints about things in LINUX from time to time, 
> but when Windows goes wrong, it is a REAL problem!

As opposed to Linux?

You can always come up with examples where things go terribly wrong with
*any* major computer system; Windows, Linux, and OSX are no exception.

> I certainly have no intention of paying for an "upgrade" to Vista.  If 

Neither do I, but that's because I didn't like Vista.  I also didn't
particularly care for any of the Linux distros I've tried over the
years.  I *did* (and do) like XP, so I will stay with it.

I think this is one of the things Linux evangelists tend to miss -- most
people don't have a pressing need to move away from the system they're
currently using (and in fact, more often than not they are resistant to
change in general).  Unless they have a strong compelling reason to 
switch they won't.

> the software I use now use on Windows finally becomes unsupported with 
> XP,  I guess I will really start investigating alternatives for LINUX.  

This isn't a Windows-only problem, try running a old version of Red Hat
or Mandrake and see how much support you get.
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