“This is a rant. If you are easily offended then don’t read
this. I repeat. Don’t read this. I am going to be ranting about how
fan boyz and girlz go on and on and on about how easy it is to
install programs in windows and how hard it is to install programs
in Linux.“Many times it is their biggest argument about the superiority
of windows. Programs are easy to install. You don’t have to CMMI
(Configure,Make,Make Install), you don’t have to use the command
line. All you have to do is click next and the program is
installed.“Bull! I just recently installed MSDE and its associated web
data admin on a freshly installed, fully updated windows XP. It was
a pain…”
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