Linked by Robert Trembath on Sat 30th Aug 2003 11:41 UTC
As a system administrator, I have used Windows on the desktop since 2.0 and used to run Windows XP at home for my family. I use Linux and Windows servers at work and prefer (Red Hat) Linux for its security, stability and usefulness in a company with a diminishing IT budget. More than a year ago I started experimenting with Linux as a desktop solution and after installing and using more than 7 different distros along with many various versions of those distros, I found a distro that is doing everything its suppose to do, right out of the box. I'm talking about the pleasantly suprising Lindows 4.0.
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"All in all, I spent $89.95 and replaced Windows XP on all 3 computers in my home saving me more than $500 a machine in Microsoft licenses for XP, Office, Money and other game software."
Actually, he *lost* more than $500 per machine. This is basic economics. Since he already owns the machines, and they already have Windows XP installed, the fact that he is not using Windoxs XP on these machines means he spent the money for nothing. His antilogical statement is analagous to someone that spends $65,000 on a new car, then buys another car for $15,000, vowing to never drive the $65,000 car again, shouting for joy that he "saved" $50,000! One may be happy that such a fellow has found bliss, but his bliss is derived from being an idiot.
Moreover, the same goes for MS Office. If he decides in the future to not purchase any computers with MS Office preinstalled *then* he can make somewhat of an argument that he "saved" money.
Regarding the games, there is no "saving" whatsoever; indeed, he, yet again, has lost money--if he legitimately purchased the games and the games (vice pirated copies) and the games are for a Windows environment then he wasted the money for the games if he is opting for a pure "Lindows" operating environment.
And Win4Lin does not permit one to use any (or even most...) Windows games on a Lindows machine.
Lindows is making a real attempt at a user-friendly environment for new users and users from a pure Windows background. But to go on about "saving" money by not using software one has already purchases are the comments of an idiot. A happy idiot, but an idiot nonetheless.