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From: "Damon Jebb"
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Ken Schneider wrote 12 June 2004 20:40
Makes me wonder who all of these so called authors are. Also makes me wonder how many M$ employees are on this and other linux lists for
the
sole purpose of trying to create a stink in the linux community.
Ken
What utter paranoia!! I have been using and working with Linux for manay years, have never had any connection with MS and have what I consider to be a better than average understanding of computers and operating systems. I feel that many Linux advocates are blind to what makes windows good and fail to understand why many users who hear of the wonders of free software don't stick with it - it's because it doesn't work easily, out of the box. OK, there are cases where XP and its apps don't either, but they're getting fewer for your standard office and internet uses.
Accepted XP could be securer, could be ready patched out of the box. But SuSE 9.1 never will be (ready pathced). There will be 'security patches' to be downloaded if you want it to be secure against any newly discovered vulnerabilities, and there will be many of them before it is no longer available on the local computer store shelf.
I'm not commenting to raise a stink in the linux community - I don't care much if it does though. I am trying to put a more measured perspective on the argument, from an experienced user of both operating systems. As I said on another thread, as far as I'm concerned Linux is great for servers, not for the desktop.
Damon
Just as I suspected, a M$ troll. If you had the experience that you claim you would have been able to work through the problems. M$ is M$, LINUX is LINUX. No different than comparing win98 to XP. Things are in differnet places. Microsofts main problem is in -not- educating people on how to actually use and trouble shoot problems. Their answer is re-install. OH. It is not paranoia it is truth. Ken