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How to Quit Windows and Cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome
Sep 25, 2007, 10 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3820 reads)

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"At the time when GNU/Linux was in its infancy and slowly growing, Microsoft intelligently and silently crept into our home computers. They launched consecutive series of successful Windows Operating Systems, sidelining other operating systems available at that time, and took over all market share.

"This got us hooked on use Windows Operating Systems persistently despite the fact that most of the time Windows failed us in many ways, such as repeated crashes, security flaws, viruses, spyware, trojans and hacker attacks. But we happily continued paying Microsoft for Windows as we had no other working alternative at hand..."

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