On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:28:37 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok
wrote:


One of the reasons that I do not read or write to the Linux sites is
that they are full of zealots that interpret any post except a paean
of phrase to Linux as derogatory and they attack feverishly.

I never bothered with Linux because I'm a gamer and Linux is plain
inadequate.
Besides that, since I consider writing software as paid work, it never
struck me as "efficient" to be required to work to get an OS operating
and running apps I paid for in expectation they run out of the box.
Aside from the gaming inadequacy, much comes down to individual
inclination to tinker and accept risk.
Remember "IBM compatible" and "Hayes compatible"?
Always followed those "standards" when they were in effect, and never
experienced the endless futzing around and plain inoperability
suffered by others. Not worth saving a few bucks to me.
MS is my OS standard. Pretty painless.
And widely "discounted."
I don't miss autoexec.bat and config.sys files either.
Been through all those wringers, and spent my lifetime allocation
of hours wasted playing with software configurations.
But I have no problem with folks playing with and tweaking Linux.
They have their reasons. Good enough for me.
If it gets good enough for Microsoft to license it, I would consider
using it.

--Vic