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How much is that software in the Windows?
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| I have been a Linux user for years now, and
| mostly I donât think about the cost of
| software anymore. Just about everything I
| want to do has a free software app that does
| it. I only run one piece of paid
| proprietary software: TwonkyMedia UPNP
| server, which cost me $29 about four years
| ago. Considering how much I do with
| computers all day long, that is a trivial
| amount of paid software. Contrast that with
| a Windows box, where you can wind up paying
| over $1000 just to have an operating system
| and an office suite.
|
| [...]
|
| Most expert Windows users are irritated by
| the condescending attitude Linux users have
| toward them, but this is one of the big
| reasons why that attitude exists. The
| majority of web and mail servers use free
| software. I donât see a compelling reason
| to buy software for these uses when I can do
| everything for free. Ditto with my desktop
| machines; all the things I need to do, I can
| do with free software. So I probably do
| come across a little condescending to people
| who are still in the paid-software paradigm.
| Theyâre not used to having people regard
| them the same way they regard AOL users:
| people who are paying to have someone bring
| them something they could get for free.
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http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=989
[Sarcasm] But Linux has so many little things wrong with it!
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| As purists are fond of saying, Linux is just
| the kernel running the operating system. The
| rest of what the average person calls a
| Linux distribution are the hundreds of other
| packages bundled up with the Linux kernel.
| This combination of packages is what is most
| commonly seen as and called Linux. Now every
| Linux distribution is different. They have a
| different, although similar, package mix and
| those programs are of differing versions.
|
| [...]
|
| For those who claim that windows just works
| far better or easier than Linux just google
| "windows problems" and then "Linux
| problems". You will find that there are
| about the same number of results. I
| retrieved 151,000,000 for windows and
| 141,000,000 for Linux. Try the same with
| individual Linux distribution names or
| versions of windows, ie. "ubuntu problems"
| or "xp problems". What did you get?
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/but-linux-has-so-many-little-things-wrong-with-it-36514
Recent:
Mac computers are restrictive.
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| There are amazing PC laptop computers that you can buy for $600
| comparing to Apple latops that are usually around $1300 and more.
| Apple computers are overpriced, proprietary, restrictive and
| protectionist. This might not be a good direction to be heading
| into. Could Apple prove to be even more restrictive and opressive
| than Microsoft?
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http://www.idreamoflinux.com/2009/09/mac-computers-are-restrictive.html
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