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 SD>  SB> And why not? In their eyes, OS X is their only competitor. Remove any
 SD>  SB> differences, and that competition changes...
 SD> 
 SD> That's not my point.  My point is that instead of fixing what needs to be
 SD> fixed and making Windows more stable, Microsoft is busy working on things
 SD> that really don't matter in the long run.

I have to agree with you there. Their insistance on forcing Edge on every user
is a perfect example.

 SD>  SB> Meanwhile, there's a quiet penguin out there, gaining popularity,
 SD>  SB> eating into their precious 'market share', and it isn't even trying t
 SD>  SB> compete.
 SD> 
 SD> As much as I love Linux, it will never become popular because, quite
 SD> frankly, a majority of the computer users these days are not smart enough
 SD> nor do they want to know how to do anything themselves on their computer
 SD> under the hood.

I think it has more to do with the sheer number of availiable versions of
Linux, rather than its *percieved* complexity.

I sat down with the eight-year-old daughter of a friend, with a blank laptop
that I was donating to her, and a copy of...I think it was Mint...Either way,
she had no problem installing and using it, and continues to do so now, six
years later.

I know, not the best example. Younger people are far faster at learning
things. But the point remains: to the end user, Linux is no more difficult to
use than Windows. When things get screwed up, obviously that changes, but the
same can be said for Windows.

I haven't mentioned OS X here, as it's nearly the same as Linux, especially
in that example.

 SD> About the only reason I'd want a Windows box these days is for gaming but
 SD> even that is becoming narrowed thanks to things like Steam though there
 SD> is still a very wide gap in that respect.

And that's why I still have Windows on my gaming tower. Gaming on Linux is
definitely not the same as gaming on Windows, and much of that can be blamed
on hardware companies refusing to provide open source drivers (looking at
you, nVidia!). 

However, I daresay that's the only way someone could claim that Windows is
'better' than Linux. For day-to-day use, it's a wash; they're effectively the
same.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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