<OT> Re: Naive Question:

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 00:40 -0400, Rashkae wrote: 
> On 05/15/2011 12:24 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > And, with all the various types and manufacturers of hardware out there,
> > it's a blooming wonder when something does work, out of the box. Plus,
> > the comment that Windows has poor hardware support... look at all the
> > posts where someone says "It works when I boot into Windows, but not
> > when I boot into Linux."
> 
> It's not that windows has poor hardware support.  (although, out of the 
> box, it is, actually poor, but since that rarely impacts user 
> experience, it's not worth debating).
> 
> However, regardless how good Windows support for any and all devices 
> might be (since they are all made to work with Windows, duhhh), the 
> simple fact is, Windows is very very *very* ungraceful about having 
> entire chipsets swapped out from underneath it.  By comparison, Linux 
> cloning vs Widnows cloning does demonstrate just how bad things really 
> are in the Windows model.

True, true. I would bet that Windows wouldn't be so anal about changing
chipsets out from under it, if it weren't so highly pirated. With Linux?
Who cares where a loaded hard drive goes? 

So, I would suggest it's a "follow the money" angle, not a deficiency,
when viewed as more of a business model. I recall reading that about 1/3
of all Windows installations in China were pirated copies. Heh, Linux
should own that market. But, with that number of illegal users, who
could have adopted Linux for free and didn't, says we have a way to go
to fit the needs of people. 

OTOH, I USED to be a fairly major pirate, back in the Apple][ days. With
Linux, I do not go to jail. I get as much software as I need without
risking my freedom. Thank you, Linus! Again, it's not Windows that I
despise, it's MS. Heck, I don't like Apple Corp either, for personal
reasons, but they do make some good product. Ric

   

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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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