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[News] Microsoft MVP Explains Why/How GNU/Linux is Better

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Reasons to Switch from OS X or Windows to Ubuntu

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| Ubuntu and GNU/Linux offer you total freedom. You can choose the graphical 
| interface of your OS and are not stuck with what the denizens Redmond or 
| Cupertino chose for you. With Ubuntu, you can choose the default look and 
| feel of Gnome, KDE or Xfce. If the default style is not to your liking can 
| customize your desktop.    
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/05/reasons-to-switch-from-os-x-or-windows-to-ubuntu/


Recent:

Chris Pirillo Makes "the Switch"

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| Chris Pirillo makes the switch to a Mac Pro for his Main Desktop Machine 
| Ditching Vista. 
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http://digg.com/apple/Chris_Pirillo_Makes_the_Switch


Leave Windows Vista Alone, Chris Crocker!

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| I'm tired of people making fun of Windows Vista and saying it's no good.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vje5LVSJYQI


Windows Vista Complaints Department

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| At the risk of sounding even more negative about the entire Windows Vista 
| situation, I have a steady stream of disgruntled users venting in my inbox. 
|
| [...]
|
| More to the point, this is the future of your desktop experience - in a 
| platform-neutral environment. All I need now is a pre-built, fully-stocked 
| Linux VM (with Compiz Fusion)...
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/08/14/windows-vista-complaints-department/


Related:

Vista's UI is Better Than This!?

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| Watch and drool. By the way, you can try this on your own PC right now!
| I'm not yet sure how to unlock every one of these visual effects, but
| damn - XGL is impressive...
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/06/vistas-ui-is-better-than-this/


Vista Will Double Apple's Market Share 

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| Remember how you felt when you saw "The Phantom Menace" for the first time?
| I was overwhelmingly disappointed. That's exactly how Windows Vista RC1 
| makes  me feel, and that's not very likely to change between now and when 
| the OS goes gold. Before now, there wasn't a viable "Google" or "Firefox" 
| for the Windows platform. Between Apple's Boot Camp and Parallels, you're
| going to have to make a strong argument to keep people from finally
| making the switch. And you wanna know the worst part of this
| entire situation?
| 
| Microsoft, in each and every instance, has been its own worst enemy. 
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http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0611/44c11/44c11.asp&guid=8CF5E5CB35CB42E1857F6F42970E2A2C
http://tinyurl.com/ya7x59


Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?

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| Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump 
| Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE 
| after struggling with Redmond's DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.  
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ex-MS-security-guru-dumps-Media-Center-for-Linux/0,130061733,339282399,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/34as9b


Former Windows Developer Trashes Windows Vista, Gets Slapped, Falls Back in
Line

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| Alec Saunders, a former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Canada, had a 
| bone to pick with Windows Vista.  
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http://soft-vn.net/windows/former-windows-developer-trashes-windows-vista-gets-slapped-falls-back-in-line/20079348-11536.aspx


Vista backlash grows; key advocate moves back to XP

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| Chris Pirillo just broke up with Windows Vista, saying, "The shipping
| version of this OS is late beta, at best."
| 
| Jason Busch did the same: "It's an absolute travesty that
| Microsoft would have released such a half-baked product."
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http://gracefulflavor.net/2007/03/06/vista-backlash-grows-key-advocate-moves-back-to-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/2ldrbe


An Open Letter To Jim Allchin (from Chris Pirillo)

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| Jim,
| 
| Congratulations! Seriously. I'm glad that you finally got Windows
| Vista out the door, but I'm equally as thrilled to know that you're
| working on releasing SP1 by the end of this year.
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http://blendout.blogspot.com/2007/03/open-letter-to-jim-allchin-from-chris.html


Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?

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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
| 
| [...]
| 
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html


Allchin's 'Buy a Mac' E-Mail Exposed

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| "I must tell you everything in my soul tells me that we should do
| what I called plan (b) yesterday. We need a simple fast storage
| system. LH [Longhorn] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this
| problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and Apple, we
|                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| need to start taking the lessons of 'scenario, simple, fast' to
| heart. Jim"
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/allchins_buy_a_mac_email_exposed.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/y5cuu6


Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report 

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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
| 
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
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