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Windows must be the insurgency then.

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Yeah I have to agree, most of the time, for Linux there are both GUI and more hardcore-Linux-hacker-ish tools availible for the same task, depending on what you want (i.e. a command-line text editor like vim vs. a GUI text editor, like gedit).If there isn't an easy way to do something (wireless networking, drivers for some slightly obscure devices, etc.) it's usually because the original developer didn't release the neccessary tools to write a Linux driver from scratch, so Linux developers are forced to reverse-enginner the device - which isn't very easy...If the developers would release more detailed hardware specs, and even give Linux developers any help at all in writing drivers, then it would be way easier to have Linux support as many devices as Windows does...

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9) french people

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Microsoft's OS and Office application is going down the tube, and they know it. This is why Microsoft is now trying to align itself with Novell, a backup in case their current business model (sell, tie in, and squeeze as much dough from the customer) tanks. Business application is moving to web based interface ( a lot easier to maintain and deploy, and OS platform independent - i.e. runs on any platform capable of running a web browser). Office doc application is also going web, soon MS Office will be replaceable by the likes of Google docs and Spreadsheet. The Open Document standard also means I can switch to any web based word processing document out there (choose where I'm comfortable), this is why MS is so afraid of it.Once the open standard in document handling (including spread sheet, presentation, and alike) becomes ubiquitous, proprietary/closed systems becomes insignificant. (starting to sound trekie)

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I knew it, you can be iliterate and operate windows. The article was talking about servers and so many windows fanboys are saying how good their windows is good for desktop.

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"Not to be the naysayer here but why when ever Microsoft sponsors a study stating that Windows is the choice/winner/etc. do we all scratch our heads and say 'of course Windows was the choice/winner/etc. because they funded the study.'"So you're saying that because Microsoft's prone to the odd bit of FUD/spin/outright falsehood with its writings on UNIX/Linux, we should tar all other corporations with the same brush?I suppose corporate studies are like expert witnesses - they just ain't going to testify that your case is crap, and it can't/doesn't profess to be impartial, but I'm a little skeptical about assuming *all* companies are fudding.

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I think I found the source survey that is the grist for the initial blog entry that we are discussing. The survey is available from www.ibm.com/linux/opensource/ (right column link).There were comments about IBM FUD. The survey certainly appears to have a bias -- the survey population consisted of people who had signed up for IBM Linux/open source newsletters. But the survey clearly the describes this in the 1st paragraph. To quote from the article:"In September 2006, IBM sponsored a survey of readers of its Open Source & LinuxLine newsletter to gauge the levels of adoption, planning, and platforms for Linux and other open-source software. The survey was conducted by Unisphere Research via e-mail notification, which directed participants to a Web-based survey instrument. A total of 434 anonymous responses were collected by the survey deadline."The survey itself contains some interesting bits, but I would be reluctant to directly extrapolate from the survey population to the overall market. That said, I think the up-front disclosure of methods in the actual survey negates any FUD charge. I chalk it up to Linux/open source exuberence by the blog author.

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