In article <VA.00001158.1a5168ac@nospam.aaisp.org>, Daniel James
says...
> In article news:<46BEAB79.7452964B@size-nospamme7464-fitter.com>, Johannes
> wrote:
> > Why do Linux users want everybody to use Linux?
>
> Most of us don't particularly care what you use.
>
> Some of us like to point out that there is an OS that is free that may do
> all that some users need. We're just trying to save people money.
>
Windows costs nothing when you buy a PC. Dell charge a £50 premium over
a Windows box to put Ubuntu on.

When your computer goes tits up, you're more likely to find someone you
know who can fix Windows than Linux.

When you buy hardware, you're pretty much guaranteed it'll "just work"
when you use Windows whereas in Linux, it's a bit of a lottery
especially when the Linux distro authors tell you a network card is
fully supported in the current version of a ditro, even going as far to
recommend it, only for you to find out that it was in an older version
but not the current.

> We try not to be a nuisance about it, but -- because we like to think we're
> being helpful and public-spirited -- we can get a bit annoyed when we're
> told to shut up (Especially when, as can happen, we're told that by people
> who clearly have no clue. Not the case here, of course.)
>


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