[ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 11:36 -0400, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Antidotal?   Meaning Windows is a poison and Linux is the Antidote?  :p

Of course.  But what is the real word?  Sounds like antidotal?


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Damon L. Chesser
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:09 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)
> 
> On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 09:52 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> > >
> > Jim makes a good point.  How many computer users actually install an 
> > operating system?  I suspect most folks buy a computer with an OS on
> it 
> > and if they do that, there's a very good chance all the hardware will 
> > work with the software on the system.
> > 
> > On top of that upgrading Linux is far less troublesome than Windows 
> > since Linux does not often stop support of "legacy" hardware while 
> > Windows sure does.  Then couple that with the need to have
> increasingly 
> > more memory, HD space, faster CPU with each new version of Windows.  
> > Granted Linux does sometimes suffer from the same problem, but not 
> > nearly as much as Windows.
> > 
> > Jim.
> 
> Antidotal story follows:   Sister-in-law in town visiting.  She jumped
> on Mother-in-laws laptop to finish a due paper at her university.  I
> told her "you know that is not windows you are on?"  She did not.  It
> was fedora 13/gnome w/Open Office.  She never heard of OO either, but it
> was the only word processor installed so that is what she
> (accidentally?) started using.  She was impressed and thought it worked
> better then windows/Office combo.  This just happened this weekend.  She
> wants to buy a laptop and have me install Linux on it.
> 
> Same story as Mother-in-law who now runs Linux.  Brother-in-law
> installed windows and nothing but issues.  I (un-installed windows and)
> installed Linux, nothing but smooth computer usage.
> 
> The average user does not, perhaps can not, install windows.  But give
> them a Linux installed box, and except for specific use cases, so far,
> in my life, they prefer Linux.
> 
> Antidotal story ends.
> 
> So far my statistical analysis clear shows that 100% of users prefer
> Linux.
> > 
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