Linked by Robert Gering on Tue 17th Sep 2002 18:11 UTC
First, a little background. I am a Windows user who has been using Windows since 3.1. I am not a programmer or a developer, I am a user. I process photos, use the internet, e-mail, write letters, play the ever important games and even use it to develop my comic strips. I am not computer illiterate and I use my computer with confidence and skill. Now with that said. I hate Windows.
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You've been using Windows and developing software for it all these years since Windows 3.1, and now you hate it? Why? It doesn't sound right.
Actually, I had a very similar experience. I started using Windows prior to 3.1. I was also one of the people that went to Computer City at 12:01am the day Windows 95 was released so I could be one of the first to buy it (mainly because I was hoping for something better than Windows 3.1). I even remember making fun of my wife's friend for liking UNIX. In spite of my Microsoft loyalty, I never did like my first OS, DOS, and there were a lot of things about Windows that I hated too.
Once I overcame my initial fear of Linux, and actually installed it, I learned quickly to love UNIX and my distaste for Windows grew exponentially. Today, I always feel crippled by Windows whenever I have to use it. Now I don't use it at all; except for at work. All of my home machines are Linux or BSD.
I can totally understand the authors feelings towards Windows.