On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 19:11, Twayne wrote: > were brought up on Linux of any flavor, it just doesn't fit the bill.
The major issue is if the software you want is available on the platform of choice. For the majority of home users, and front office corporate employees, FLOSS alternatives are equal to, or better than those from Microsoft. For the majority of back office server usage, propriety and FLOSS solutions are on a par. At the very high end of things, Linux solutions, albeit proprietary, are better than those from Microsoft. Between the very high end, and slightly above SOHO quality, Windows products _usually_ offer features and functionality not available in the FLOSS equivalent. Reasons for this vary, according to industry, but as a general rule of thumb, it boils down to either copyrights on the data that is used, or software patents, or it is so specialized that it doesn't scratch any programmer's itch. > case it's mostly the lack of drivers for software and hardware I use, and/or For me, Microsoft is utterly unable to provide drivers for the hardware I use. (You can laugh, or you can cry, but the simple fact is that Microsoft Windows just doesn't work on that hardware. I basically had to prove to the CEO of the company I bought it from, that I knew what *nix was, before he allowed the sale of the system I have. Win7 won't run on it either.) Linux, BSD, and OpenSolaris run just fine. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
