Linked by Stefanos "Titanas" Kofopoulos on Tue 17th Dec 2002 06:32 UTC
Hundreds of debates, countless flames, innumerable passionate supporters, no limits, no ending lines, no result. The conflicts keep on going and going and going. It doesn't matter if it's Cisco's IOS, Microsoft's Windows, Suse's Linux or FreeBSD. People struggle to prove their
platform's superiority ignoring that an Operating System is just a tool focusing on specific needs.
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We don't critizise people for the car they drive, or gun they carry, so why should we critisize people for the OS that they choose to use?
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Criticize no but judge yes. Of course, first judgements can be wrong and I'm open to revising my judgements as I get more information. If someone tells me they use BeOS (CZ) though that's extra points in my book without knowing anything else about them. Windows (Glocks) are too popular to affect my judgement though -- so no extra points. Naturally, Linux (no gun) is a minus since I don't like whiners
Operating systems though are more than just tools to get the job done --- that's why people spend time on the small "fun" non-essential things (screensavers, themes, wallpaper, etc.).
However, as it takes all types to make the world go 'round (or something like that) there is room for lots of different operating systems and that's good. I think the 1980s with Apple IIs, Amigas, Macs, Atari's and PCs were a lot more interesting desktop-community-wise than the 1990s which saw Microsoft dominance and a real lack of inspiration on the desktop (the under-the-hood networking and kernel people obviously though were having a ball).
Now that other systems have caught up with Microsoft they all can go toe-to-toe and things should be more fun again. I hope people really try to show-off their operating systems again with awesome desktop software.