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____/ Homer on Friday 08 Jul 2011 21:28 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that bbgruff spake thusly:
>
>> Very amusing - and very true, *except* for your "best selling OS" bit.
>> I suppose it depends what you mean by " best selling", but certainly
>> in terms of instances in use, Linux outnumbers that BSOD one by at
>> least one order of magnitude.
>
> And even on the very limited range of hardware Windows does run on, it
> mostly isn't "sold", it's "bundled" ... under duress.
>
> But still the unwashed masses tolerate it, for the same reason they eat
> greasy hamburgers three times a day.
The difference is, nobody forces you to buy a burger (unless you're some
obese mother who decides to sue a burger-maker with patents on the process for
tempting her daughter or whatever).
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