Don't Compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS--They Are Not in the Same Game

Jul 09, 2008, 22:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Ryan Cartwright)

"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?

"Like many such pieces, this one starts by making a statement as if it were fact while presenting no actual evidence. The 'fact' used here goes along the lines of 'Microsoft has shot itself in the foot with Vista and the only ones benefiting are Apple...'"

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