Re: Every one of you Linux "advocates" should shun and repudiate Spamowitz

[philo <philo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hadron wrote:
> philo <philo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > DFS wrote:
> > > philo wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I turn on my computer and go to use it...
> > > > I want things to work.
> > > >
> > > > That's why I use Linux
> > > >
> > > > not sure why one's choice of OS has to be a political war?
> > > Because of bullshit claims like you just made.  Your implication is Windows 
> > > (and MacOS) doesn't work, which is a huge lie.
> > LOL
> >
> > you were the one who made the implications, not me.
> Err, no. You did. It#s even in the text above where you said (and I
> quote) :
>
> ,----
> | >>> I want things to work.
> | >>>
> | >>> That's why I use Linux
> `----
>
>
>
> > Arguing about what OS one prefers is like arguing:
> >
> > "Which is better, a 10mm wrench or a screw driver?"
> >
> >
> > Kind of depends on what you are doing
> Very true. In some ways.
>
> But most people dont give a shit - they just want the apps they know to
> work. And the apps they know and use are Windows ones albeit a good few
> of them cross platform OSS.

Correct.

As I said, I use Linux because I want things to work.


What that implies to me is: "So I don't have to."



If I used a MAC, though the OS may work fine...

I'd have to *really* work to pay of it.

My Linux machine cost next to nothing.


Does Windows work?

>>>Well, XP does work, sure...but I have to do a  bit of work to keep 
it working well.
OTOH: Vista?  Don't think that works very well at all.