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On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 06:47:55PM +1100, Bohdan S wrote:
> I dont like how all these Linux users bag Windows SOOOO much.....
You are entitled to like or dislike whatever you choose.
> If it wasent for windows how many of us would own a computer right now?
All of us.
We might be using an Amiga, an Atari ST, a Mac, something from Clive
Sinclair, or the descendent's of those machines. There were a host of
other machines in the market before Microsoft killed them off.
> we owned a
> amstrad before a 486 and my mother was to scared to learn how to use the
> amstrad and windows 3.1 all she did was connect to the net and use netscape
> it wasent until windows as we know it (9x) came around that she relised the
> potential of a computer!
So it took her a while to learn... I don't see this proves much.
My kids could drive the Amiga by the time they were 3 years old.
> and how many things (ie wireless, PnP, hardware
> support you know what i mean) JUST WORK in windows (maybe some fidling)
I've seen so many things claim to JUST WORK in windows and then
JUST NOT WORK that it gives me the creeps thinking about it.
How many versions of MS-Office have been incompatible with other versions
in order to force users into an upgrade? I've seen printers that work
fine on a single machine and then totally fail to work when accessed
across the network (this was a Canon printer with the Canon drivers
supplied and an all-Microsoft network).
I'm sure others can extend the list of MS-Windows printer woes.
- Tel
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