On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:36:40 -0600, someone posting asVic Smith
purportedly wrote:
I never bothered with Linux because I'm a gamer and Linux is plain
inadequate.
then you probably haven't "bothered" with Linux in 6 or 7 years, as to
gaming, there are devices for that purpose yes? Perhaps an XBox or a
PlagueStation would be more your type of tool?
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.
two things; first Linux is free, second you don't even know what a "live
CD" is do you. If putting a cd into a drive and turning a computer on
qualifies as "work", then perhaps a computer is too complicated a device
for you.
Aside from the gaming inadequacy, much comes down to individual
inclination to tinker and accept risk.
are you talking about the inherent risk in attaching a Windows computer
to the Internet? Or "tinkering" with Vista to get it to recognize your
two year old peripherals?
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.
FUD, when those terms were current, those were the _only_ standards.
Not worth saving a few bucks to me.
MS is my OS standard. Pretty painless. And widely "discounted."
and rightly so... take
www.cert.org for instance...no shortage of isses
there, but you keep on keepin' on there painless...crackers _love_ the
sheeple
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.
you really have no idea how funny that last line is
--
life's too short to play quietly...crank it up!