Doug LaRue wrote:
> ** Reply to message from "James G. Sack (jim)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 04
> Jun 2008 15:02:39 -0700
>
>> So just what is it that is "pulling" to such an extent that someone will
>> do the extra work to replace a pre-installed Linux with something
>> Microsoft?
>>
>> - just a raw brand recognition thing?
>> - fear of Linux (for various reasons)
>> - expectation (possibly false) of help when needed
>
> Except for server systems, Dell is the only one pre-installing on
> consumer systems so I can't see how that comment applied to
> consumers or the general puplic.
>
> I will say that I've run into "techs" who only know Windows and only
> care about Windows and will do anything to get Windows on computers.
> It makes them money supporting it and it makes them comfortable
> because that is all they know and the "magic" it takes to keep it running
> for another week is worth gold to the ignorant computing public. And it's
> paid their bills for years and years. I've seen developers spend days
> on Windows OS issues but stick with it because they know it somewhat
> so they stick with it. Most Windows devs don't even look outside of their
> Microsoft Windows application landscape to see what open source software
> on Windows can do. Not all Andrew, but most of the Windows developers
> I've ever been around. Most haven't even burned an ISO image let alone
> installed CygWin, Python, Apache, etc. But I also know a couple who have.
And don't forget that there's job security running windows. You know you'll
have to fix that same problem next month, because all Windows fixes are
temporary. The registery will get corrupted again, it will get another virus
or malware.
Linux just runs and runs and runs. I have about 100 machines running FC2 that
I'm responsible for and a few still running RH8. Most have been running for
years without a hitch, collecting data day in day out and recording it in
MySQL.
The windows boxes are locked down so tight, you couldn't slide a piece of
paper under them and they only allow the user to run a web browser. That's the
way we keep the running, but so far we've had to replace more Windows machines
than Linux machines, after two months, and the numbers are almost equal.
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