I'm starting a new thread because I didn't want to hijack TekBudda's original thread re: Query: Mac & Windows Diagnostics Tools.
> Uh, there is a lot of preventative measures that one can take with Windows True: 1. run the windoze machine stand alone ... do not connect it to the internet or 2. install zero software on it ... keep to Notepad, Write and Minesweeper for entertainment, oh yea, don't connect it to the internet or 3. format c: ... install Linux > I am tired of the FUD thrown over the fence by the FLOSS people We're the same people that insist that the sun rises in the East every morning. We call a spade a spade. > Bashing Windows out of ignorance does not get us anywhere and just makes us look childish. Some of us actually bash Windoze because of first hand experience. My most recent experience (still ongoing) with a client was/is their IT staff trying to get a new Win 7 machine setup with x64 print drivers that actually work ... not to mention that there was no way in hell that they could get another Win 7 machine working with the KVM switch a certain user was using for flipping between a few desktops in their office. It goes on and on and on. Or (just a couple of months ago) at another client, where a half dozen Windoze guys were onsite from a prominent IT services company here in Calgary trying to stop some worm that was propagating through the network ... the best they could do was unplug network cables and deal with each desktop individually. Oddly, all these guys were in my age bracket (35ish, 40ish) but I was the only one who had any hair left. No word of a lie. And I can tell you I did not make any friends with these "make work b*st*rds" when I pointed that out: "Hi guys, I guess Linux = hair", that did not go over well. I thought it was funny at the time ... couldn't contain myself :) Yea, I got the same "You FLOSS zealot b*st*rd" thrown at me that Gustin tossed out earlier ... but ... whatever. Look, I understand that Windows is a reality (in North America anyway). Keep the install base small ... sure ... makes wipe and reloads easier ... images smaller. Windows is a make work project, plain and simple. Any advocate for such substandard technology either punches a clock for a living or hasn't figured out (or doesn't want to figure out) how to survive in the OSS/FLOSS world. Greg's "windows preventative measure" is "don't waste your time". That's not being "childish" ... it's how I've kept my sanity and supported a wife and four kids for the last 10 years. Stick that in your "there is a lot of preventative measures that one can take with Windows" pipe and smoke it. Hey ... this might come across a little harsh (zealotish), oh well, smile, I am. :) Greg
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