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(Although IMO I find most Linux software more enjoyable and productive than commercial Windows software).
Agreed! especially older cli based apps like VI. Much faster than word could ever even dream of being as far as productivity goes.... (granted you do have to learn it)
Yeah right, last time I checked DirectX is dominating the game market and desktop. Mac has been gaining popularity but not as not much as you'd think, most of it is just Apple marketing. The average 'switcher' doesn't know that OSX runs on UNIX or could care less about at all of the technicalities, they just think that it looks pretty and there's 'no viruses'--SOLD!
You can argue with me all you want, but the fact of the matter is MS has the most money, the largest user-base, and the best software runs on the Windows platform. If these facts aren't proof enough that it is a great OS, you really can't be helped.
Also Valve has recently anounced that they ported Steam, the Source engine and all of their own Source engine games over to OpenGL and Mac OS X. Suck on that: http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/03/...am.fortress.2/
That '$hista' and '$leven' was on purpose. Your inability to capitalize at the beginning of sentences, inability to punctuate (including commas and periods), and inability to capitalize proper nouns is what's bad.
And you, Johnny One Word, posting such small posts! Try to include some more information as to WHY you post insults to a positive cause!
That '$hista' and '$leven' was on purpose. Your inability to capitalize at the beginning of sentences, inability to punctuate (including commas and periods), and inability to capitalize proper nouns is what's bad.
'$hista' should be "$hista".
'$leven' ,, "$leven"
When you sum up, there shouldn't be a comma before the word and.
I am not a native English speaker, but c'mon man... You're full of shit too. Also awesome to keep the conversation on topic by means of grammar nazi tactics, retard...
Agreed! especially older cli based apps like VI. Much faster than word could ever even dream of being as far as productivity goes.... (granted you do have to learn it)
That must be because we let our individual programs stick to one task rather than becoming big unwieldy blobs of multitasking. Eh?
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I am not a native English speaker, but c'mon man... You're full of shit too. Also awesome to keep the conversation on topic by means of grammar nazi tactics, retard...
I sympathize, because despite having a degree in English Literature and pursuing another in professional writing, I tend not to criticize others' writing mistakes unless I have to or unless they want me to.
That must be because we let our individual programs stick to one task rather than becoming big unwieldy blobs of multitasking. Eh?
Yes.
While the Unix philosophy is "Do one thing and do it well", the Windows pholosophy is apparently "Make a big kludged, bulky glob of multitasking that someone who never saw a computer can figure out, and don't care if it's really inefficient and unelegant".
Your inability to capitalize at the beginning of sentences, inability to punctuate (including commas and periods), and inability to capitalize proper nouns is what's bad.
and that:
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I am not a native English speaker, but c'mon man... You're full of shit too. Also awesome to keep the conversation on topic by means of grammar nazi tactics, retard...
is impolite, disrespectful and completely unnecessary. Cut it out.
While the Unix philosophy is "Do one thing and do it well", the Windows pholosophy is apparently "Make a big kludged, bulky glob of multitasking that someone who never saw a computer can figure out, and don't care if it's really inefficient and unelegant".
The Windows philosophy is maintaining legacy for the sake of backwards compatibility for the sake of lock in product for the sake of making money.
UNIX is just UNIX and FLOSS doesn't have the legacy problem...
When Microsoft would drop support for anything below Vista it would be so much better...
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-It runs approximately of the 90% desktops and 50% of servers.
seems pretty high estimate; i would think somewhere around 10 % is more accurate for servers
-Most used OS in businesses
-Most used OS for gaming
-2nd most used (or most used depending on which website you poll) for A/V production
-Most compatible OS with hardware; therefor most hardware options and clones generally allow for expansion
doesnt openbsd market itself as supporting the most architectures; i believe windows only works on 2 cpu's (x86, and ia-64)
-Most compatible OS with software and some of the highest quality software in the world is designed for this platform
this one is opinion; i think there are some great propriety software but most of the open-source alternatives tend to be better:
open-office
xine
firefox
pidgen
gimp
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The Windows philosophy is maintaining legacy for the sake of backwards compatibility for the sake of lock in product for the sake of making money.
Legacy support is the only reason i use windows over linux on day to day activities.
You have to remember, not everyone thinks legacy stuff is useless like you.
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