Jim Thompson wrote:
Microsoft's recent OEM licensing changes are making for new linux
installs: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36635
OK, but I've had my share of trouble on Linux installs, too. That said,
I have never purchased a copy of XP, and those computers that came with
it, soon lost it. The reason? Product activation. It sounded like a
pain, so I never went past Windows 2000.
Nevermind the brain damage that is Vista:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt
As bad as XP was, Vista sounds worse. I'll toss in this link, where
Robert Cringely comments on the link Jim provided:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2006/pulpit_20061229_001403.html
The short summary: Microsoft isn't committing suicide, but they may lose
out in the multimedia department.
The good news is that circa 2007 hardware is going to fly with GPL
drivers that don't have to do any of that crap.
Heck, Debian moves right along with an Athlon XP 1800+. My fastest
machine is an Athlon 64 3000 (running a 32 bit install). I haven't gone
for any of the multi-core stuff yet. What I like is that Linux runs
faster on the 1800+ now than it did back in 2003, when I made the
permanent switch.
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