It is pretty instructive to be able to read all the source code to your
operating system. Some of us like to be able to get under the hood and
tinker around. Besides, windows isn't fun. There are some neat apps, but
it doesn't offer very much to os hobbyists. It isn't for everybody, but I
think any CS person should have working knowledge of Unix os's; even if
all computers ran on M$ software (ha! ha ha ha!) this knowledge would be
valuable for system and application programmers as a good model.
Jack
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