You shouldn't just copy Microsoft's press releases, you know. On Friday, July 13, 2007 12:34 pm Tomas Larsson wrote: > No, currently Linux will never beat Windows. > It's to complicated, an average home or office user will never get it to > work. > So personally I would not recommend anyone, who isn't a geek to use it. > > I have tried my self a couple of times to install and run Linux on desktop, > allways ended up with a no-go. > Everytime I have ended up with bying full non-oem XP licence's instead. > I do run it on my servers though. > > XP I can get up and running regardless of hardware in say 30 min's Linux > takes considerably longer time (days, weeks, months in some cases). > > XP has basically everything, without hassle, extremly stable (basically > never crashes). Antivirus software is not an issue really. You probably > need it on linux as well, at least in the near future. > > If you buy a preloaded PC, you probably have everything you need, for basic > home use. > It is cheaper for most people to purchase a valid XP license than spending > hours to get a linux-box to work. > Similar with Office, its cheaper to buy MS Office than spending time to get > Open Officce or whatever thay are called to work. > > You can easilly fool yourself with the pricetag on any software, but time > is monney, allways. > Regarding MS support, well, those few times I have been forced to use it, > it is very good. > > Personally, however I don't like MS-Office especially MS-Word, I love > WordPerfect, but last time I tested it it was extremly buggy, anyone that > knows how it is today, with the latest version? > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
