[clug-talk] Bashing Windows out of ignorance

[Dafydd Crosby]

John Clarke wrote:
>
> My own experience is that the choice between Linux and Windows is 
> seldom an option but rather a luxury.
>
> So then maybe the conclusion is: what personally a person afford to 
> overlook :-)
>
With VirtualBox and other fine VM programs, these days it seems more 
like a choice between which is easier to use as a guest VM. Since I 
really only use Windows for Microsoft Bob, it's easier for me to just 
keep it tucked away as a VM.

Greg is correct in that the closed nature of Windows works against it, 
and over time they become harder to maintain (though one could argue 
it's a pain in the butt to maintain an old Red Hat Linux 9 box, too). 
Gustin is correct in that maintenance will be necessary on any machine 
you run, regardless of OS. It just so happens that I prefer Linux, and 
it's easier for /me/ to maintain. YMMV with any OS, depending on your 
circumstances ("What?! The president of CLUG is saying that he doesn't 
hate Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, etc.?!").

/End of rant

See you all at tonight's meeting :-D
-Dafydd