I guess the 'real' truth is that most of the microsoft stuff is actually quite good. With the latest versions of service paks installed things are very slick on windows NT.
I have debian and winnt-workstation running on two machines on my desk. Sure at first glance it appears that linux is faster, but look at all the services running on NT and what they do for me. If I install new hardware on my winnt box at least I don't have to compile and link a new kernel. Another interesting comparision is application installation. I wonder how many people really prefer to use dselect to the microsoft way of doing things. Both systems to be very stable and reliable. Perhaps a more interesting question is; how many unix applications would windows users like to run on their machines? Maybe the real benefit of linux is that it encourages people not to have one dimensional thinking and consider alternatives. What a big rant... -----Original Message----- From: Person, Roderick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Tuesday, 8 December 1998 10:03 Subject: Just My 2 Cents >It seems to me that most Linux user feel the same way. I always read threads >on the evil M$ or how bad Windblows is etc! So can someone tell me why the >Hell everyone wants M$ apps ported to Linux - Doesn't that defeat the >purpose!!! Well to me it does. >
