cnet.com — This is the year I kiss Windows good-bye. Well, maybe not entirely, but the writing is on the wall for Microsoft's flagship operating system, and all other desktop bloatware: The future of PC software is open source.
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betrayerJan 3, 2008
This guy is funny. did anyone else realize that if he moves to linux he will be out of a job.. he mostly reviews WORD and Excell programs from MS and he also gives you tips on improving windows.(at least his 24 articles before he installed linux he did)
elvensevenJan 3, 2008
I'm not surprised. The same people that sell out Gamespot and declared Vista the _worst product in history_ beating Windows ME. Zero credibility.
adam_skinnerJan 3, 2008
fluff piece with no real info or rationale.
intangibleJan 3, 2008
You plan on reinstalling it or something? Get rid of those configuration files!sudo dpkg --purge windows
franlJan 3, 2008
Open Source did not rule the server market for years. For years, proprietary closed-source UNIXes ruled the server market (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, etc.). Only in the last 5 or 10 years (yes, that's forever in Internet time) has Linux and other Open Source UNIXes penetrated the server market. One could argue that Linux and Windows entered the server market at roughly the same time.
franlJan 3, 2008
Since when does knowing both Linux and Windows mean you'll "be out of a job"? At my company, if a candidate knows Windows well, but has no Linux experience, his resume goes to the bottom of the pile.
ompaulJan 3, 2008
lots of fun had by removing the tax on thinking and the counter intuitive locked up so you can't see what is going on under the bonnet kind of operating system and getting one that (A) works (B) does not depend on getting anti virus, anti spy ware, anti whatever software paid for and installed at the same time (C) Respects copyright! (D) provides work for those who know it - based on information not restricted with a paid for hierarchy - layered in magic and supposed hardness - get a life drop windows free yourself and your computer