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

[Tom Freeman]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, Randy Ramsdell wrote:

> 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.


And a longer fight it will be.