Why can't people just have dual boots. That way when they are using GNU/Linux
they see it stands on its own and they can use it instead of Windows.
When I was in graduate school many years ago, I bought a cheap second
computer and hooked it up using a kvm. Then I had GNU/Linux and I had windows
to do my development with. All I had to do was flick a switch and I could go
back and forth between them. It would not have been the end of the world if
I had kept both OSes on the same machine using a dual boot and reboot each
time I wanted to switch--inconvenient, but not a hardship.
In that case I had each system separate and working on its own.
Something to bear in mind, Magic, since I know you don't trust MS either. MS
has teams of people working out what is good for MS and what is not. This
software is good for MS, unless you think this is a big blunder. Do you
think MS made this because they think it will help people transition to free
software? I guess they could have missed that--whoops!
This must clearly benefit MS somehow. How does this clearly benefit MS?
