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Is there a pattern?
Posted 05-27-2009 at 05:11 PM by AGer
I have just looked through another Windows vs. Linux discussion and got the same strange feeling that something is wrong with it. Next I thought I have got the pattern.
Long ago one of such discussions contained a parable like this: "Linux is like a car you can examine under the hood and tweak, Microsoft is like a car with the hood you cannot open". Each and every Microsoft vs. Linux discussion seams to be based on that. This parable is wrong.
In fact Linux is like a car and Windows is like a bus. Software industry built lots of bus stops. If all you need is to get from one bus stop to another, going by bus is safer, sometimes faster, and you can have a nap. If not ...
Long ago one of such discussions contained a parable like this: "Linux is like a car you can examine under the hood and tweak, Microsoft is like a car with the hood you cannot open". Each and every Microsoft vs. Linux discussion seams to be based on that. This parable is wrong.
In fact Linux is like a car and Windows is like a bus. Software industry built lots of bus stops. If all you need is to get from one bus stop to another, going by bus is safer, sometimes faster, and you can have a nap. If not ...
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