Well, Mr Gates is not my *only* reason for switching, thank you. I'm
planning on diving into C/C++ and the openness of this OS makes it a
great place to experiment.
Next time I'll keep the personal details to myself and stick to the
questions.
T
Dan Brown wrote:
>
> From: Toby Sheets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > to running this OS rather than a Windows 98 system? Believe me I hate
> > Bill Gates and will be happy when he folds - that is why I am
> switching
> > to Linux - but is there really an advantage at this point in the game
> or
>
> IMNSHO, that is exactly the wrong reason to switch to Linux (or Be,
> or FreeBSD, or any other OS). If you want a desktop OS that works like
> Win98 but is non-Microsoft, maybe MacOS or BeOS would be better for you.
> If you want to work (or play) with a powerful, flexible, open system,
> where you can, with enough study, find out exactly what makes it tick,
> Linux is great--but it isn't Windows, and it never will be.
