FWIW, I have machines running dual win7/ubuntu. I use windows for one thing only - managing podcasts on iPads with iTunes (seems that Apple has Windows software, but not Linux (maybe this is how they repay Windows for the investment when Apple was going down the drain a few years ago).<br>
<br>For my needs, Windows is not worth the trouble. Virus checks, spyware checks, daily updates that can sometimes take hours, it is slower to start and shut down, slower in performance, and while it does not crash as often as XP and NT and 2000 used to, it is not as stable as Ubuntu. The only advantage it does seem to have is hardware compatibility.<br>
<br>So I have it in use 5 minutes every couple of days, and the rest is pure Linux.<br><br>Z.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Stan Goodman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stan.goodman@hashkedim.com">stan.goodman@hashkedim.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On Sunday, April 03, 2011 04:48:02 PM Ariel Biener Ariel Biener<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:ariel@post.tau.ac.il">ariel@post.tau.ac.il</a>> wrote:<br>
> As a desktop platform, Linux has not won, and that was what<br>
> your colleague was referring to. The fact Linux is embedded<br>
> into many devices, and that some of them even present a UI<br>
> to you is not irrelevant, Linux is indeed a platform that is uniquely<br>
> adept for these devices (both in terms of stability, development and<br>
> most probably in terms of licensing), however, he meant his "desktop<br>
> OS", and we're not there yet.<br>
<br>
</div>To emphasize the above, recall that there was a time when most of the<br>
ATMs in the United States were running OS/2, and many (including myself)<br>
fell into the trap of concluding that OS/2 had a bright future for that<br>
reason, Somehow things didn't quite work out that way.<br>
<br>
Linux has made good inroads inside devices where the proverbial "Jake<br>
the Plumber" doesn't see it and doesn't know it is there. Windows, on<br>
the other hand is literally the only OS he has ever seen or heard of.<br>
<br>
When you are tempted to think that "we are there", spare a thought for<br>
OS/2, and think again.<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
Stan Goodman<br>
Qiryat Tiv'on<br>
Israel<br>
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