____/ tblanchard001@xxxxxxxxx on Friday 17 August 2007 15:28 : \____
> On Aug 16, 8:44 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> ____/ tblanchard...@xxxxxxxxx on Thursday 16 August 2007 22:47 : \____
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>> > Here's why:
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>> > 1) Once installed it doesn't have to be activated
>> > 2) Once installed it doesn't deactivate itself because of a RAM
>> > upgrade
>> > 3) You don't have to install Windows Genuine Advantage tool
>> > 4) If your GUI crashes, it doesn't take you computer down
>> > 5) Open Office is better than Microshaft Office
>> > 6) Licensing is easier to understand
>> > 7) Clients don't have to pay to access servers
>> > 8) I don't necessarily have to work on patch Tuesday
>> > 9) Restarting isn't the answer to everything
>> > 10) No such thing as Event Skewer
>> > 11) No Registry
>> > 12) No IE
>> > 13) I don't have to pay to make an MS SQL connection when developing
>> > with MS Visual Studio
>> > 14) None of the lines of source code for the OS have comments like
>> > this: "I don't know why this works, it just does, don't touch it"
>> > 15) You can check /var/log/messages and find out exactly what's
>> > happening on the computer
>> > 16) It doesn't take 7 different programs dedicated solely to security
>> > to protect my computer
>> > 17) SSH
>> > 18) Support is cheaper
>> > 19) I have a choice of OS and there's no such thing as Basic vs.
>> > Premium packaging
>> > 20) GIMP comes with my computer
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>> > more to come...
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>> I've seen a list of 99 before. :-)
>> --
>> ~~ Best of wishes
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> I'm going to have a lot more than 99.
Go for it! No repetition, but overlap allowed. :-)
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