[ale] Vista vs Linux

[Igor Kresnik]

its possible to install vista and Linux on one hard drive?
Igor
Step pravi:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>
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