söndag 13 juni 2004 07:57 skrev John Andersen:
(Of course, I won't mention the fact that even with Windows 98-XP installed you STILL are not thru buying stuff just to finish your next great novel or balance your checkbook. - No, you have another couple hundered bucks of software to buy). Ooops, I guess I did mention it.
Windows XP is actually quite a nice system Fact of the matter is, if Microsoft had made Windows NT the way XP is, Linux probably would never have gotten a chance. As of now, they're a bit late with it as everyone, including me, is a bit sceptic about it's stability. Sceptisism that has come from having seen to many blue screens. About safety, there is a personal firewall (a sort of, anyway) inside Windows XP ... it may have flaws and stuff, but it's still there and provides some security. And on the issue of "professionalism", as an arguement, then Linux is still going a very similar way and making a separate Enterprise version that does cost a lot of money. But Linux has, a lot more options and usable software out of the box, than Windows does. That part is undeniable. Not to mention, the open source, makes it very hard to include undesired code in the product. However, it does not exclude it, as with time people will start trusting the software and thus stop scrutinising it ...
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