On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:17:28 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/28/2016 08:15 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2016 11:20 PM, "William Park via talk" <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I'll give opposite advice from the rest. Stay with Windows. > > > - Windows comes free with all retail computers, fully > > > configured. > Windows does not come free. > The cost of Windows is built into the price. > At one time if you tried to sell a computer without Windows > pre-installed you would be forbidden from getting Windows to > pre-install on other computers. > > Nothing is free. > so very true (unless you are a swimsuit model in a singles bar...)
> But my take is that its an easy sell to tell someone to get a windows > computer and once they do I don't have to support them because I know > nothing about windows and just can't help. > If I suggest a linux computer I am suddenly responsible for all the > ills of the internet and any piece of software that gets installed. > When Windows problems crop up... "I guess you just have to buy a new > computer and upgrade to the latest version of windows." > roflmao - this is so exactly what I do! :) > > The only reason this is the case is that Foss became a threat to > > the profit model, otherwise it would be business as usual at > > Microsoft, which is to squeeze every cent they can out of consumers. > > > If you're used to XP, then you'll have short (if at all) > > > learning curve to 10. > > > - Components you list below, all come with Windows driver. > > That is true that windows has better driver support. > Partly because of the dominance of the product but partly because of > aggressive business tactics. > > > > - Windows has virtualizations -- Hyper-V and VirtualBox. So, > > you can > > > run Linux if you like. > > > Linux has virtualization and you run windows with Xen(where Hyper-V > comes from), VirtualBox, VMWare, KVM, ... > Linux also has Wine so you can run some windows apps natively. > > > > - MS-Windows and MS-Office are standard that Linux fanboys are > > > trying to copy. Open/Libre Office's > > > That is hardly a fair comparison. > OpenOffice has been around for quite a while. > First as StarWriter around 1985 where word started around 1983. > Microsoft chooses to keep Word/Office as a Windows package with just > enough support for Apple to keep them out of court. > > One could claim that Word/Office are just fanboy copies of > WordPerfect which showed up in 1980 and was a far superior product > till well into the 1990's > WordPerfect was so the best, (so was playing with lantastic and arcnet :) ), ooh, and lotus-123 - before they broke it, and patrick's first Slack, o joy, now that was something /*wipes misty tear from left eye*/ > > [snip] > --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
