GuestUser wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:24:29 +0000, Realto Margarino wrote:
>
>> We recently took delivery of a brand new system preloaded with Vista
>> Home and we have been checking it out over the last few weeks.
>>
>> And, to put it bluntly, Vista is absolutely amazing. First of all, our
>> AO1 printer and camera now interface flawlessly, and with lots and lots
>> of user friendly, third party software to choose from.
>>
>> We never really were a Windoze user for any length of time. We went
>> from (MSDOS - unix) to (os/2 - linux) using 95, 98, 2000 and XP only
>> when we had to.
>>
>> But now Vista is here and the command line, is thankfully, now dead.
>> There is absolutely no rational reason to use the command line anymore.
>> In fact, there is no rational reason to use linux anymore, neither.
>>
>> Once you have cruised in Vista for awhile, you realize that linux is
>> _tiny_! KDE is _tiny_! compared to the new windoze gui. And the fact
>> that X offers all kinds of different window-managers is laughable since
>> they are all junk. Vista is getting to that place where the OS is
>> finally getting out of the way and allowing the user to operate
>> intuitively. No more spending half an hour with man and some how-tos
>> looking for that command you run twice a year. It comes out instantly
>> with Windows!
>>
>> There is a huge difference in software written by teams of professional
>> software engineers using the latest tools, also written by pros, and the
>> tinkerings of the single harried amateur that is the backbone of linux.
>> User interface? Whazzat??????
>>
>> And then we think about some of the trash that post to this ng. Most of
>> you zealots think that the ideal system is a linux system running
>> nothing at all, other than a minimal set of OS routines. You sit there
>> and lick your chops over how small you can make the kernels, and how few
>> processes you have running, using up the "precious ram." You sit there
>> doing absolutely nothing of consequence with your minimal editors. Faux
>> Pseudo, the "bash programmer", tells you with pride that he doesn't even
>> run X!
>>
>> Duh! The whole point of the OS is to be invisible and allow you to run
>> as many applications as possible! Of course, in the land of linux you
>> don't really have any applications worth running...
>>
>> As the system hardware becomes more and more powerful, silly little
>> "operating systems" like linux become more and more irrelevant to a
>> professional environment. Linux has been left behind. And before the
>> zealots start to howl, we suggest that you spend some time with a Vista
>> system to see what you are missing.
>>
>> Oh, and there is still a 50 dollar reward payable to the person(s) who
>> can guarantee that The Coward never posts to this ng again.
>>
>> cordially, as always,
>>
>> rm
>
> I have to agree with you. Disregard the Linux fanboys who are replying.
> While Vista has its problems, so do all Linux distributions. And I have
> to really agree with you about the lack of professionalism with Linux.
> KDE/Gnome are jokes compared to what even XP can do. I'm not sure why the
> Linux fanboys are even trying to compare KDE/Gnome to Vista or Mac OSX
> 10.5. THey should be comparing those useless desktop environments to
> WIndows 3.0. Teams of professional coders, graphic artists etc who are
> well paid and committed produce professional grade software. Opensource,
> volunteers with some time on their hands and amateur hacks, produce total
> trash Look at Adobe Photoshop and compare that to the joke that is the
> GIMP. And the list just goes on and on. Even when we get to the lowly
> bittorrent clients, Utorrent is so far ahead of those pieces of crap
> called Transmission, Deluge or Rtorrent.
>
> I don't even know why Linux exists. For servers, I'd rather go with
> something far more robust like OpenBsd or Solaris. And as a desktop, I'll
> stick to WinXP for now, but once I upgrade my hardware, I'll make the
> transition to VIsta. I sure would like to get a hold of a Mac as well.
>
> And for the fanboys in this group who want to slag me off hoping that I'm
> posting this message with Outlook Express - I know what I'm talking
> about. I'm posting this message with PAN version 0.132, and running
> Slackware 12.1/XFCE 4.4.2. The only reason why I'm using Slackware? I
> don't know, I guess I must be bored. Linux has its uses I suppose - time
> killing and wasting. Oh well, time to reboot back into WIndows XP SP2 and
> play some Warcraft because its Sunday and I can't play any decent games
> with Linux.. Oh did you say WINE? Why bother? WINE is another cruel joke
> heaped upon the Linux lemmings who miss terribly their Windows games. Oh
> the irony. Sad but true.
>
> Have a nice day to all of you Linux lovers, and please let me enjoy
> reading your replies.
>
> Oh one more thing, this was indeed a troll. But one with truth. Ouch.

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