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The Inquirer: Linux is Not an Option
Jan 2, 2007, 23 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6853 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Thomas)

"Charlie's blast at Microsoft, which you can find here, justly berates the software giant for clinging, Rottweiler-like, to its daft product activation scheme, which should have been sent to the gulag years ago. Vista, he claims, will play no part in his future plans, due to the frequency with which he upgrades, tweaks and otherwise spiffs-up his PCs.

"But is Mr D a typical user? The sort that make up 90 percent of the PC using public? The answer, of course, is a resounding 'no...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"The vast majority of PCs spend their en ...   Normal people   
Don WHitbeck
Jan 2, 2007, 23:45:19
 
Very concise article with points I belie ...   On the money   
Robert
Jan 3, 2007, 00:20:00
 
This is the sad truth. Most PC users don ...   Absoultely correct   
Kramer
Jan 3, 2007, 00:24:58
 
what blights this very cozy situation.Th ...   You've missed out on.....   
Khan Md Ashraf
Jan 3, 2007, 00:26:28
 
So do I.And their appearance has more to ...   Notice flood of these kind of articles?   
GreyGeek
Jan 3, 2007, 00:32:53
 
Just couldn't help but notice this:" ...   Ahem   
Doug Bostrom
Jan 3, 2007, 04:19:01
 
> So do I.> And their appearance has mor ...   Re: Notice flood of these kind of articles?   
Dale Pontius
Jan 3, 2007, 13:35:11
 
Indeed, the mass of end users don't  ...   Preinstallation   
Bob Robertson
Jan 3, 2007, 14:46:21
 
> > So do I.> > And their appearance has ...   Re: Re: Notice flood of these kind of articles?   
Nic
Jan 3, 2007, 17:07:39
 
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