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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And personally, Longhorn is really irrevalent as far as I'm concerned. I am currently learning C# and I guess from the point of view of a budding developer, I am excited about having .NET as the main API.
But from a user's point of view, I could give a shit about Longhorn. I use Windows instead of Linux because I think it has better applications for what I use the computer for, and that's not likely to change in the near future. So, whether Longhorn comes out 4 months from now or 4 years from now really doesn't matter to me, because the apps will continue to get better even if the OS stays stagnent. And I don't care how powerful or elegant Linux becomes in the next few years - unless they get some decent apps or are able to get Wine in shape, I'll use it for tinkering and server stuff only.
A few things about Windows XP:
- Runs great on my P3-450 w/192MB of RAM. The only app that is slow to me is Firefox (an open source app, go figure)
- I can make it faster and stable than ANY Linux distro running Gnome/KDE
- It is possible (and quite trivial) to run Windows worm/trojan/virus/spyware free.