http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users/ Monkey #121643810 reporting for duty... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Jonathan Birge » Blog Archive » The results of my annual desktop Linux survey are in: It still sucks! Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:59:16 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users-turn-off-automatic-updates/#comment-1123 [...] Note: If you are a member of the Orthodox Church of Linux and you suffer from high blood pressure, you might want to consult a physician before reading this. In fact, you may just want to skip to my follow up article, which presents my criticisms of Linux in a much more explanatory and rational form. Better yet, start with my last frustrated post on Vista. [...] [...] Note: If you are a member of the Orthodox Church of Linux and you suffer from high blood pressure, you might want to consult a physician before reading this. In fact, you may just want to skip to my follow up article, which presents my criticisms of Linux in a much more explanatory and rational form. Better yet, start with my last frustrated post on Vista. [...]

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Jonathan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:15:37 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users-turn-off-automatic-updates/#comment-582 Alain: Heh heh. Well, Steve's kool-aid is delicious and goes down so smooth. But truth be told, I still use Windows because of the better availability of engineering software and superior development tools. But I do think Microsoft needs to watch out. Apple is doing a better job then them at virtually everything, and at some point the Mac will gain enough market share that developers will treat the Mac with more respect. At that point, their market share gains will accelerate, as the biggest reason to avoid a Mac (lack of software) will have been removed. Alain: Heh heh. Well, Steve’s kool-aid is delicious and goes down so smooth. But truth be told, I still use Windows because of the better availability of engineering software and superior development tools. But I do think Microsoft needs to watch out. Apple is doing a better job then them at virtually everything, and at some point the Mac will gain enough market share that developers will treat the Mac with more respect. At that point, their market share gains will accelerate, as the biggest reason to avoid a Mac (lack of software) will have been removed.

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Alain DeWitt Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:51 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/a-cautionary-tale-for-vista-users-turn-off-automatic-updates/#comment-579 Oh no! Please tell me you didn't drink the Kool-Aid Steve Jobs has been hawking! Oh no! Please tell me you didn’t drink the Kool-Aid Steve Jobs has been hawking!

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