Monday 25 August 2008

Why would anyone choose Linux when they already have Windows?

by Mark Kaelin via TechRepublic Blog 18 August

I know there is a great debate taking place about which operating system is better.

Jack Wallen, host of the Linux and Open Source blog, started a lengthy discussion asking the question: Why would you choose Windows over Linux?

I thought that was kind of funny, because recently I have been asking myself the opposite question: Who would choose to switch to Linux?

Read the full article

and rejoice, as I did, in an analogy that Mark uses:

I have no knowledge of the operating system that runs my microwave oven. I don’t have to install the popcorn application — it is already there, and it works just fine. I don’t care who made it, I don’t care if it is open source, and I don’t spend time on PopcornRepublic discussing the merits of one popcorn application over another. It doesn’t matter — what matters is that I get a good bag of popcorn.


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