To all I say AMEN ! Hear Hear ! Bravo! could not have said it better! Yeah ! and ME TOO !
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Lanman wrote:
Hmmm,...I'll try to keep this under 10 pages! Reasons I like Linux;
1) I'm fed up with paying for something that doesn't work as advertised!
2) I'm fed up with buying products from companies that don't back up what they sell, without charging for the service. Imagine if new cars were sold/leased the way Microsoft products are!
3) If I wanted to lease an O/S, I'd fill in a lease agreement, not have one forced down my throat.
4) If I wanted to lease something, at least I get to take it for a test drive BEFORE signing the lease.
5) I'm fed up with big companies trying to control what I can do with my property. When I buy gas for my car, Shell doesn't tell me where I am allowed to drive, or how fast, or in what lane!
6) In the same analogy, Shell doesn't try to prosecute me if I pour fuel additives in my gas tank made by STP. But if I want to try to improve Windows, I can't, unless I replace it with Linux!
7) I detest the way Microsoft treats computer users like morons. Since they don't provide free support to back up their products ( Yeah, we know we sold you a piece of crap, but you'll have to pay us to fix it!), they should at least let me peek under the hood to try and fix it myself!
8) I'm a bit of a rebel.
9) I detest monopolies
10) I happen to like the fact that there's a Linux Community, where people help each other simply for the pleasure of helping each other, and not always for the Almighty Buck! I like the fact that this community is global and simply bypasses a lot of the crap that politicians dictate to us. It renews my faith in what humanity can accomplish when they are focussed towards a common goal. Sure I'm am idealist! What's your point?
Done.
Lanman
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On 3/30/2003 at 5:16 PM David Williams wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:45 am, Zariyan Zephyr wrote:
As a Linux newbie, I don't really understand why people in Europe and North America has chosen Linux for daily use. I think people in Europe and North America can afford Microsoft Windows and application softwares under Windows. It isn't about money, is it ?.
ZZ
I converted last year to Linux (at home). I did it for choice and because I wanted to find and support an alternative to Microsoft (the possiblity of Paladium and the lockdown on XP scared the heck out of me). I have not looked back. I have found replacement software that was as good if not better for everything I was doing on Microsoft and Linux is significantly more stable. Case in point - I went to use my wifes PC (Win98) this afternoon (for the first time in months) and I had to reboot 3 times before I could finish what I was doing. I haven't had to rebooted my Linux box in about 4 months now and I'm not sure I had to reboot when I did. David
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