Linuxwatch.com is running a great story called "Five Reasons NOT To Use Linux." It includes a nice list of reasons why one might want to steer clear of Linux, along with a nice comparison to how easily these reasons are addressed in Microsoft Windows. 
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Member since:The article WAS funny, but that's a subjective thing. What the whole Linux camp is fighting is the steady drumbeat of misinformation from Microsoft and their allies. They're playing the game of, "if we say it enough times in enough ways, people will eventually believe it". I think the Linux side should shout their advantages as often as anyone will listen.
THe problem with this logic is that in the article linked (and many like it), there is just as much misinformation about Windows. For example, saying:
Well, still, with Windows you get so many more choices of software, don't you? Like Lotus 1-2... oh really? I didn't know that. Or, WordPerfect... oh, pretty much dead too.
Is just downright dishonest. Hell, there's probably at least two dozen office suites alone on Windows, not to mention that most (if not all the apps) he mentions run on it. If you're trying to answer bullshit with more bullshit of your own, how intellectually honest is that?
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Hell, there's probably at least two dozen office suites alone on Windows, not to mention that most (if not all the apps) he mentions run on it. If you're trying to answer bullshit with more bullshit of your own, how intellectually honest is that?
Okay, I'm calling your bullshit. Name me two dozen office suites for Windows. And no, multiple versions of the same office suite don't count.
And you have the gall to talk about intellectual honesty? Then again, one shouldn't expect too much from astro...I mean anonymous posters.
Member since:Okay, I'm calling your bullshit. Name me two dozen office suites for Windows. And no, multiple versions of the same office suite don't count.
Notice I said probably ... and the reason why I said that is because I know there is MS Office, Word Perfect Office, OpenOffice, ThinkFree, EasyOffice, Gobe Productive, Lotus, and hell ... those are just the ones I personally know about. God only knows how many of them there really are. My point here is that the article insinuates Windows = lack of choice, which is not true at all:
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I think I understand where you are coming from. I guess everyone is motivated by their hate for for Microsoft. If the shoe was on the other foot , linux would be the unusable instable OS with viruses, adware and spam insecurities. I agree with the authors underlined sentament that a linux workstation, server, device, etc. is a perfectly viable solution, but with the anti-linux propaganda flooding the air waves, who can hear it let alone receive it. I really don't care what OS I use but I would lean toward linux because ,in my case, it helps me curb my illegal software tendencies (if you catch my drift). Yes windows is a great OS, but I can't afford to pay for all the software it takes to get me to a comfortable state and maintain it let alone ward of the countless hackers bent on Microsoft destruction.
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The article WAS funny, but that's a subjective thing. What the whole Linux camp is fighting is the steady drumbeat of misinformation from Microsoft and their allies. They're playing the game of, "if we say it enough times in enough ways, people will eventually believe it". I think the Linux side should shout their advantages as often as anyone will listen. Sure, someone has said at some time in the past that Linux is has the advantages over Windows. It is not enough to say it once. That line of reasoning is used by the husband who says, 'I love you' once and check it off his list.
This is not so much a technical issue as combating a techmarketing strategy by Microsoft. If you're a tech manager deciding on which OS to implement and you search for MS vs Linux info and all you find are fresh articles supporting Windows and old ones supporting Linux, what will you conclude? It may not be the deciding factor, but to someone just breaching the subject it will lend weight to the MS side of the argument.
The pro-Microsoft trade press is going to make sure there is a new article sitting there ready to make thier case. I hope the truth about Linux doesn't become a needle in a haystack.