AMD Cleaning Intel's Clocks 6732

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:36:06 -0500

It has to be reliable. Viruses use it. :-)

Yes, we should just shut down this Linux thingy outright, and have everyone use Windows XP Home Edition (or, for those in a worker bee environment, XP Professional Edition). That would be just so much more logical than putting up with Linux's quirks:

- more standard GUIs - more easily customizable scripting - a more easily customizable kernel - more functionality in distro offerings such as a C++ compiler, a choice of web servers with unlimited CAL equivalents (bandwidth permitting), and free remote desktop capability

etc.

It is not "far better". It is not even better. It's merely different. It depends on the metric; for many users Windows is excellent, but there are those who think differently.

And there are those who have been badly burned by Windows in the past.

Interesting. Are you claiming that this is because BestPractical is using Apache, or what? I'll admit that form looks peculiar.

Only companies that are competing with Microsoft. They won't be around very long, of course; you know, companies like IBM, Sun, Dell, and HP.

Indeed. Microsoft is good. The trouble is, Linux is better. :-P

Yes, that is true. Linux is a virus. It is taking over Microsoft's market, and will ultimately, if not eradicated, result in Microsoft dying a horrible, ugly rest, much like Ebola (though not nearly as quickly!).

It *must be stopped*. Otherwise, this might happen:

(I'll admit I have no idea why the author decided to use those particular colors.)

Fear of the *known*. Linux boxes can damage a Microsoft network by actually responding correctly to queries. :-) The only examples I can think of admittedly are Kerberos and Samba. However, Linux implements CIFS-SMB using Samba very well, which damages Microsoft networks because Microsoft can't sell into those networks. For its part Microsoft Kerberos is implemented in a different fashion from traditional Unix kerberos implementations (because of a bad spec) and therefore a Linux Kerberos server would confuse just about everybody.

And of course an Apache webserver on a Microsoft network might actually encourage everyone to use a non-IE browser. (Not that Apache proper cares all that much, but AIUI IIS has some special code that prefers IE.)

Oh, the horror. Oh, the calamity. Can't have that upstart Linux damaging Microsoft profits, now, can we?

-- It's still legal to go .sigless.