Originally Posted by
The Flying Cow
Or, Linux is used by people who want to make a stand - nay, who do take a stand - against blatant monopoly, which is what we see in the OS market.
I'm sorry but I don't like the fact that netbooks are forced to have 1.60GHz, 1GB RAM and 80GB (now 160G) HDDs because these are the 'restrictions' that Microcrap gives for companies who still want to use it's XP. I don't like the fact that they can put the price on the license for their OS as they see fit (what competition is there?) in other words, XP and Vista licenses costing the same.
Ad infinitum.
And frankly, gaming aside, I'm actually going to consider installing Ubuntu on my future netbook. The only reason I can think of for using Windows XP would be to have Office 2007 with the newest perks on PowerPoint for oral presentations. Other than that, Ubuntu, for a work-only machine, is, in my sincere opinion, far superior to XP, and most importantly to Vista.
(NB: I'm speaking of a NON-GAMING machine).
Awaits wave of criticisms.
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