[ale] Kind words for Windows? - was The latest from Gigabyte

[Randy Ramsdell]

Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> Not bashing for real.
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> But Randy...
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> All your points are valid.  For a geek that knows what they're doing.  
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> For the rank-and-file computer user, "call Vendor X" is not the answer.
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But I was replying to a ALE member. :) The frustrating point is that MS 
knows the many companies only write apps that work on windows and a 
Linux user should see this as a reason to work harder at making their 
Linux system work and not relying on GUIs or what not. I simply hate the 
idea that MS decided to change Java and add hooks that turned an OS 
independent language into a dependent one, as an example. One main 
reason I use Linux is because I do not want to be manipulated by a 
company that does not give one crap about the end user or freedom of 
that user by using its monopoly to destroy competition. So I stand up 
and fight the good fight, although a long fight it has been.