[ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)

[Jim Kinney]

anecdotal.

I like antidotal as used here: "Linux was found to be antidotal for the
windows plague that held civilization in chains for decades"

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> 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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James P. Kinney III
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 Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by
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   Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith", 1992
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