Rockin' on without Microsoft

[FrustratedPoet]

Ummm, Asher, those are easily countered viruses

Blaster is very easy to counter too, but that doesn't stop people bashing Microsoft for it.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

I like the fact that if a company has its own IT Department, it can go without calling tech support vs. having to pay for tech support from Microsoft (or getting support from the OEM with the uncertainy of wether or not they're really going to be able to help you).

Microsoft may say that Windows is a better value, but only in some cases. It really depends on your business. In many cases it makes good business sense to use Unix/Linux instead of Windows in certain types of business. And thank goodness that there are many businesses out there that are starting to realize this. Heck, even the U.S. Government has deployed Unix/Linux in many of its agencies, especially in the military. The military? That says a lot. It says that Unix/Linux is very secure and reliable, otherwise it wouldn't be used by the military.

[Asher]

Um. elijah, what exactly is your point?

99.9% of all viruses are easily countered...

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet

Ummm, Asher, those are easily countered viruses

Blaster is very easy to counter too, but that doesn't stop people bashing Microsoft for it.

Um, no. The sheer number of viruses that infect Windows computers is what makes people mad.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
I like the fact that if a company has its own IT Department, it can go without calling tech support vs. having to pay for tech support from Microsoft (or getting support from the OEM with the uncertainy of wether or not they're really going to be able to help you).

You make a lot of assumptions for what you know nothing about.
Corporations negotiate their terms and prices with MS. If they don't want support, they don't ask for it and pay less in return. But the funny thing is, support is actually very important, even for huge corporations. So much so, in fact, Linux isn't free for corporations because they pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for support usually (see Red Hat Enterprise).

Heck, even the U.S. Government has deployed Unix/Linux in many of its agencies, especially in the military. The military? That says a lot. It says that Unix/Linux is very secure and reliable, otherwise it wouldn't be used by the military.

I love this, because not a month ago the largest order in MS history just came from the US Army.

And rest assured Windows is used more than Linux by the US military. So using your fun logic, Windows is obviously much more secure and reliable.

Although you never know. The US government just last month finally gave Linux a C2 security certification. The thing is, it's only for SuSE and only on very specific hardware, and even then, it's actually one classification of security LOWER than Windows 2000, XP Pro, and 2003 received.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
Um, no. The sheer number of viruses that infect Windows computers is what makes people mad.

Well, when you run on 90% of the computers, usually with non-tech-savvy users, you're going to have a lot more viruses than an OS that runs on 1% of the computers, usually by people in tinfoil hats and run everything under a restricted account. Totally different userbases, you'd have the same problems with viruses under Linux and MacOS if they were good enough to actually be popular.

You, my friend, should be more concerned about how the sheer number of Linux corporate break-ins is considerably higher than Windows corporate break-ins, even though Linux has but a fraction of the marketshare...

[Ned]

They showed up at his door with marshalls, then filed suit and put him on TV. They never even asked politely for an audit.

The BSA and Microsoft are no better and perhaps a lot worse than the Gestapo. It is amazing what Microsoft can get through Congress. Microsoft is not only a anti-trust violator, they seem to be NAZI's. Microsoft is becoming a political issue.

[Asher]

Microsoft did give the warning of an audit, if they didn't the Marshalls wouldn't legally be allowed to be there.

It's in the license that MS has to give 15 days notice before an audit (the new license last month increased this to 30).

It's not mentioned in the article because, well, it's an opinion piece that obviously has a slant against MS. Leaving out little things like that leaves it to creative imaginations like Neds to fill in the blanks themselves with bull.

[Dom Pedro II]

If you love Microsoft so much, why don't you marry it?!

[Asher]

And why don't you go out and get a job?

[Harovan]

Don't pick on Asher too much... he actually gave me the giggles of the day with his statement, that not using Windows is the same as not wearing underwear. This Windows == underwear thing was hilarious.

[Dom Pedro II]

Asher, I don't have a problem with Windows... I'm just joking with ya! Jeez

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Don't pick on Asher too much... he actually gave me the giggles of the day with his statement, that not using Windows is the same as not wearing underwear. This Windows == underwear thing was hilarious.

It is a known fact that Linux users don't wear underwear, as well as never shower.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Ned
Microsoft is not only a anti-trust violator, they seem to be NAZI's.

That's a new one.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Asher
It is a known fact that Linux users don't wear underwear, as well as never shower.

I remember an internet joke from the 90s, it was called OS-test and was made up like a quiz "Which OS suits you the best". Options were DOS, Windows 3.1, OS/2 and Unix. There were 17 questions, which could be answered with a) through d). I remember only a few of them. The question, what application do you use the most was complex spreadsheet for OS/2, Solitaire for Windows and grep for Unix. And how do you dress was suit and tie for OS/2, sweater and pants for Windows, and "Nerdy T-shirt, jeans and no underpants" for Unix.

About the showering habit of Linux users I read only a troll in a German forum. Its title was "Linux-User stinken" (doesn't need to be translated) and was written by an obviously imbecile. But it's a funny read, I saved it as text file at work.