On 07/18/2015 07:51 PM, toki wrote: > > On 07/18/2015 10:08 PM, James Knott wrote: > >> Tell that to all the scientists who use supercomputers. The vast majority >> of them, including my cousin, run Linux. > If you want state of the art software, that costs a fortune, you run *Nix. > > If you want almost state of the art, that costs a small fortune, it is > as likely to run on Mac OS X, as on Windows. > > If you want software that is almost state of the art, but is > "affordable", you run Windows. > > If you want software that is "good enough for most purposes", you run Linux. > > Joe Sixpack wants something slightly better than "good enough for most > purposes", but doesn't want the cash outlay that state of the art > requires. Thus far, Windows has been that "happy medium". > > jonathon > I disagree with most of this, but the "good enough for most purposes" part really bothers me. :) "Joe Sixpack" is most familiar with Windows and will stick with it. Familiarity is definitely worth its weight in gold. :)
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