__/ [ Ash ] on Sunday 30 July 2006 02:30 \__
> I'll bite ...
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> ,----[ Gist ]
>> | 1. It's FREE
> Windows can be 'free'. Besides, blank CD-R's cost money!
And a piece of paper to write down activation code (joke!); and time spent
bringing the system up to scratch, software-wise.
>> | 2. It's Secure
> So can windows, with $150/year worth of antimalware software
Windows even phones Redmond to get the latest and the greatest.
>> | 3. It is Open Source
> Open Source is the plague of technology! Run!
Office and Windows contain some Open Source too. But once nicked in stealth
it was clogged and concealed in binary form.
>> | 4. It is easy to install programs
> Easy on windows, too, I'll admit ... untill the registry becomes
> clogged. Oops! Did I say that outloud?!?
Not to mention DLLL (hell).
>> | 5. It has a lot of different distributions
> So does Windows, I guess. Mobile, Home, Pro, Media Centre, uhh ...
Same pig, same lipstick.
> I say this in jest, of course. I completely agree with you, but I felt
> that someone had to play devil's advocate. Nice article, too.
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