BTW, long gone are those days that Windows machines would crash a lot. Today Windows 2000 almost never crashes in daily work. XP is 2000 based and is supposed to be more stable, so things in this respect don't look good for Linux.
That's not true. I do not know why but windows machines always start to act strangely when I am around. I just have to suppose it is the same when I am not there, or should I think I do some black magic? However, stability is not the reason I switched to Linux. Linux is culture, while Windows looks like slavery. I am not paranoid. How can I learn how to set up a secure network if Windows set it up by itself? How can I test it? How do I know how to write a program without paying for Visual Studio (the students edition is totally unotpimized, so nobody can know if he is writing the wrong programs or it's compiler's fault)? The MSDN is a monolithic source of information, but way too messy. There is much more documentation on Linux anyway. How can I control a Windows machine? How could I trust something I do not have the source about? Why should I trust ANY automated configuration, and how could I be able to test it? The lack of answers is a good reason to move to Linux. Do you want to get the job done, without understanding what is going on? Without learning anything, without creativity? If your anser is yes, then sooner or later you will be obsolete. A machine could have your job done, and without complaining too. Praise