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Originally Posted by mojo
As for this Windows vs Linux thing. It always surprises me when people say that Windows is "better" than something else (usually Linux). I use both. I'm using Windows now. All my other computers run some flavour of Linux. If I didn't have to write software for Windows, I wouldn't be using it at all.
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I said pretty much the same thing in my second response to the original poster. What I was arguing for was what you just said; they each have their own place.
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Originally Posted by mojo
I gave my 64 year old Dad (who never used a computer in his life) a computer running Linux. He happily e-mails and writes letters. He has no idea of what an operating system is. He like most Windows users, received a computer with the operating system installed. He certainly doesn't think Linux is broken - because he doesn't even know what an operating system is. Linux didn't "break" even after he kept switching the computer off from the power, while it was running. How eager would you be to turn your windows machine off from the power switch right now?
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My point again; your father was given a computer with the operating system already installed. He would have been shown how to launch his email client and web browser. He didn't have to install it. *cringe* at the thought of powering down.
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Originally Posted by mojo
Linux can break. Windows can break. Any other operating system can break. But windows is the only one that you hear, "have you reinstalled?" as the solution to the problem.
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Reinstalled the application software? -- Yes.
Regards,
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