____/ tblanchard001@xxxxxxxxx on Thursday 16 August 2007 22:47 : \____
> Here's why:
>
> 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
>
> more to come...
I've seen a list of 99 before. :-)
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