On 8/8/2016 1:14 PM, Bob wrote:


Linux would be the Mercedes equivalent, right?

And Win-10-nic would be a YUGO
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You'll never convince the world that Linux is the better OS. Been
there, done that and it's a plain bitch to work with. Great for the
geeks that have the time to invest in playing with it but it can be a
real time waster for those that want an OS to "Just work".

Linux is an OS for those people for whom time has no value.

Actually, it's very useful for some software development and for
embedded products that need an OS, but of course it's not a consumer
product.

Even in the world of embedded development, semiconductor companies have
been dropping Linux development tools because it's just too much of a
hassle. If there was ONE version of Linux they might have continued but
they were bombarded with demands to support multiple Linux versions and
they couldn't continue, so now it's Windows only. Always amusing to go
to a hands-on seminar and see a load of Macbooks running Windows in
order to use the development tools. Apple could greatly increase Macbook
sales if they would just swallow their pride and offer dual-boot systems
direct from Apple so that commercial and business customers that need to
run Windows apps could do so without having to buy and install retail
versions of Windows. Just charge an extra $100 for a dual-boot system.