[ale] Vista vs Linux

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Windows apparently really dropped the ball with Vista.  Here's hoping that
everyone and their mother takes this opportunity and runs with it - there's
no way one OS should have 90+% marketshare in today's world.

On 3/27/07, Ned Williams <nedj10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Funny, Suse/Novell has been telling that exact same thing to every
> corporate and govt entity they can get the sales hands on :D
>
> Ned
>
>
> On 3/27/07, Dow_Hurst <dhurst at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just got my latest issue of Linux Magazine.  There is a nice article
> > outlining the major differences between Vista and current Linux distros.  It
> > shows where Vista is better and where Linux distros are better.  I found it
> > helpful since I've not paid any attention to Vista's feature set.  It does
> > sound like Vista has some pluses over XP but also some major
> > inconveniences.  If you do have to deal with Vista then having the more
> > expensive versions like Home Ultimate or Business level versions seems
> > important.  Even the big guys like corporations and universities will have
> > to have Microsoft issue a license for each instance of Vista installed.  No
> > more corporate or edu install CDs that are prelicensed for ease of use.  I
> > was amazed at how little effort it would take to offer a Linux distro that
> > would equal Vista in every way.  From a user's perspective adding and
> > preconfiguring for ease of use a selection of applications such as what is
> > found on Macs by default, the Ilife stuff,
> > would be the major component.  Next would have to be legal codecs, which
> > any of the big distro distributors would have to license and pass on the fee
> > to the consumer via purchaseable install DVDs.  That would pretty much take
> > care of it.  It was interesting to learn that typical home versions of Vista
> > are not allowed to be run in a virtual machine.
> > Thanks,
> > Dow
> >
> > No sig.
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