Re: eMachines OEM XP woes - time to buy $tandard?

Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote: 
NoStop

You are in the wrong newsgroups.. and you are not being truthful to the OP.. Linux is subject to breaches, so the OP will not see an end to trojans et al.. the hundreds of free programs are not all of good quality.. I just took a look at the defects list in the OpenOffice.org page.. not a pretty sight at all.. no problems?.. I don't think so.. all fun?.. maybe if you like that kind of fun.. 

A distored and biased assessment of Linux from a Microsoft MVP. What a surprise.

Firstly, /of course/ Linux is subject to breaches. However, that in no way detracts from the fact that Linux is demonstrably more secure than any version of Windows.

As for your claim that "the hundreds of free programs are not all of good quality," that's also a given. However, you forget to mention the high-rolling Free Open Source programs that simply kill the opposition -- think Apache, think gcc, think Mozilla Firefox (currently digging in to IE's market share because the latter is so horrendously insecure. Even the US government recommends you use something else, folks).

In any case, raising the spectre of quality is a bit rich coming from a Microsoft proponent. After all, this company is notorious for releasing buggy, insecure software. I only have to start a newsgroup post with "begin " and most of the people in this group won't be able to read the message for Christ's sake!

And let's not talk about third-party rubbish like Symantec.

Fun? You know, Linux is fun. But until you've tried it with an open mind, you have no right to denigrate it.

In other words, get over it. There's more to life than Microsoft.
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