Linked by Kristofer Jarl on Fri 23rd Jul 2004 05:38 UTC
The smell of newly purchased stuff... So, there I was, Hauppauge WinTV board in hand, Mandrake 10 installed and ready to rock! Little did I expect that it would come to this. But first things first. 
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Not really, I think you are an exception to the rule, if you weren't we'd have seen a significant shift in the user base which we havn't, if anything the opposite appear to be the case if you examine Google stats.
Hold up. Exactly how is the ease (or lack thereof) of installation for Windows a determining factor in usage? Most people don't install an operating system.
I've never experienced any of the problems you mention and I've been using Win since 3.1. I've never had a device not work and I've gone through 7+ machines and lord knows how many at work (devices ranging from faltbeds, cameras, webcams, tv cards etc).
You're damn lucky then because I've been using Windows since 3.1 also and I've had plenty of trouble. The scanner that I own never worked on Win2000 but hasn't been trouble at all on Linux. I've had similar problems with a digital camera (works fine on Linux but not Windows). I can' imagine with all your self-professed Winodws experience that you did not encounter at least one instance where a driver that was available for the 9x series was not available the NT series.
We do have a linux machine at work (to support a single user of our software) and most of our developers hate it because it takes so much time to get anything done on it (hence more dollars to support). When there are deadlines to meet the linux box always holds us up.
How could it possibley take longer to do things for your developers? They shouldn't be installing software or drivers or any of that crap. The admin is responsible for that. Developers just need to use the applications and if they don't have the right tools or don't know how to use the applications you can hardly blame that on Linux. Most development software is not entirely intuitive and you need to learn the application before you use it, no matter what environment you are using.
As for lack of applications, it is true that out of the box Windows can seem sparse compared to linux, but the number of possible downloads dwafts what's available under Linux.
Most of it is crap though. Sure you have crappy apps for Linux too but the main focus should be on quality apps. If Windows and Linux have the a similar number of quality apps but Windows has fifty thousand more crappy shareware apps does that really make the platfrom better?