Ubuntu affecting Windows XP clock

[John]

Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:25:21 +0800
> John <dingo at coco2.arach.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Under what circumstances do you think UTC right? So far, I've seen 
>>people say "not so," but I don't recall anyone adding "because."
> 
> 
> The hardware clock should always be set to UTC.  It just makes things simpler, especially for DST changes.  Unfortunately, this is another example of Windows being fundamentally broken and everyone else having to work around it.
> 
> Krum
> 

How does it make things simpler? You've offered no argument to support 
your position.