Linked by Joshua Boyles on Wed 19th May 2004 20:08 UTC
By the time Longhorn comes out I'm sure everyone will be sick of the subject "windows vs linux." Will longhorn finally destroy that pesky linux and mark another decade of Microsoft's monopoly, or will the underdog come out with a stunning upset and send a multi billion dollar company to it's grave?
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I found the advice and the general arguments extremely weak and obviously biased. First of all, to me, it seems that the author just didn't get it. He is complaining about the interface, taking space, etc... That's not a big issue now, we don't know how the final interface will look like. They are spending billions of dollars for research, I am sure they will have a better idea on usability than the author and me. Obviously for the author there is no risk, he can say all he wants, but he has to make it logical. In this case I think he is focusing on a nonissue. The main issue here is the support for developers, the third party people. Those are the ones who really add too much value to the OS. Also the old hardware will be an issue. I don't want to upgrade either, but when I realize that I can do certain things much more faster than I do now, I wouldn't think twice in upgrading. That's really the rule here. If the productivity gain is "good enough" then why not upgrade. Old hardware will be there always, but noone is going to go with Linux just because it can run on that hardware. I guess people do not realize this, but running open office on that old hardware takes resources.