MS makes yet another smart move 1722

Speaking of FUD, see below.

Running programs on Linux is just as easy. No advantage there at all.

Now that's just FUD. Period. Administering a Linux machine is much easier than administering a Windows machine in my experience, especially at the desktop level. Install the apps you want (rpm, deb, whatever), then run a tool to install patches every once in a while (or set it up to do so automatically).

The steps to do so are pretty much the same as with Windows, except you almost never have to type in license keys and you can back up the media the programs come on without jumping through outrageous hoops.

More FUD. My *kids* have no problem using Linux, and they are (almost) five and two and a half. I also don't worry about leaving them alone by the computer for a minute (to, say, change a diaper on our youngest) when they're using Linux.

On Windows, they can and have mucked stuff up, and they aren't even running as Administrator.

IE and Outlook will install things without even *asking*. That's a fundamentally broken model and recent history has borne that out. That and forcing many applications to install and run as Administrator. As Jim Richardson says, "Microsoft products are easy to administer. Anyone can do it! Even if you don't want them to..."

MS banning OEMs from shipping dual-boot computers

Too bad the contracts are under seal. It lets you get away with such claims. But the fact that, to my knowledge, *no* OEM *anywhere* offers dual-boot PCs with a Microsoft OS and something else, despite people who would like to buy them, is strong evidence in favor.

-- Sincerely,

Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317

Modern deductive method: 1) Devise hypothesis. 2) Apply for grant. 3) Perform experiments. 4) Revise hypothesis. 5) Backdate revised hypothesis. 6) Publish.