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Inside Open Source: Linux Expert Switches to... Windows?!
Aug 5, 2006, 08 :00 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (12128 reads)

(Other stories by Keir Thomas)

"My friends, I have some news for you. Yesterday I did an evil thing. I did something that, even now, feels degrading. But I had no choice.

"I switched my office computer to Windows. My Linux distro of choice, Ubuntu, is still installed on the same computer. It's still my first choice of operating system and is installed on all my other computers, including my notebook. But for my 9am-5pm day job I'm now using Windows XP..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I am a Windows Administrator by trade.   ...   So what?!   
Kavey
Aug 5, 2006, 13:07:55
 
He cannot get MSOffice to run, acceptabl ...   And he's an "expert" ... why?   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 5, 2006, 13:21:54
 
His only reason for "returning" to Windo ...   Valid complaint - or a plant by M$ PR?   
GreyGeek
Aug 5, 2006, 16:50:40
 
Apress publishes computer books (pretty  ...   Apress suxx   
alice sysadmin
Aug 5, 2006, 18:07:31
 
I was going to drop him an e-mail tellin ...   Tried to contact him to tell him how to get MS Off   
Gene Anthony
Aug 6, 2006, 03:14:20
 
 You are a linux expert but you are usin ...   u r newbie   
anonymous
Aug 6, 2006, 03:36:27
 
Upon reading the article after the sensa ...   seems a bit overhyped   
wildpossum
Aug 6, 2006, 06:51:32
 
>  You are a linux expert but you are us ...   Re: u r newbie   
wildpossum
Aug 6, 2006, 07:12:19
 
Hey Gene - thanks for the offer. But I a ...   Re: Tried to contact him to tell him how to get MS   
Keir Thomas
Aug 6, 2006, 15:24:59
 
> With Linux "supporters" like you who n ...   Re: Re: u r newbie   
blackhole
Aug 6, 2006, 16:49:06
 
Keir, the root problem is Apress being l ...   Re: Re: Tried to contact him to tell him how to ge   
farnsworth
Aug 6, 2006, 22:32:28
 
if i'm expert in linux ....I'll  ...   low level expert ...   
mAnGkOk_jAmBaNs
Aug 7, 2006, 02:35:24
 
Windows and Office go together like a ho ...   The bond   
smallchange
Aug 7, 2006, 03:37:34
 
> I had hoped the article would create a ...   Re: Re: Tried to contact him to tell him how to ge   
wildpossum
Aug 7, 2006, 03:44:17
 
> However, aside from this bogus example ...   Re: Valid complaint - or a plant by M$ PR?   
James E LaBarre
Aug 7, 2006, 04:35:08
 
Maybe the problem was not the fact that  ...   Re: Re: Tried to contact him to tell him how to ge   
Jeffrey Rollin
Aug 11, 2006, 01:28:01
 
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