Me too.

Posted Jan 9, 2006 2:58 UTC (Mon) by Baylink (guest, #755)
In reply to: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP) by CyberDog
Parent article: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Either a troll, or someone who's just unreasonably enamored of Windows.

I'm not the cheerleader saying that Linux's desktop interfaces are *so* much better integrated than Windows is... though I don't really think they're all *that* bad. But holding even Windows XP up as a shining example of that is just as unreasonable.

Anyone who has to *support* this stuff (as I have for over 10 years) knows that *Microsoft* apps for Windows are the ones voted most likely to *violate* whatever user interface guidelines actually exist in the first place.

Me too.

Posted Jan 9, 2006 3:03 UTC (Mon) by CyberDog (guest, #29668) [Link] (1 responses)

First of all, not everyone who posts an argument with a different point of view to your own is a "troll". Believe it or not, you're not always right.

Second of all, I believe your initial comment to this article (to which I replied), was the most biased comment of any made here. But thank you anyway for assuming I'm some huge fan of Windows just because I disagreed with the blind zealotry your initial statement.

Me too.

Posted Jan 9, 2006 6:54 UTC (Mon) by hppnq (guest, #14462) [Link]

I think the OP tried to make a simple point: there are loads of "hidden" investments in Linux and Linux distributions. One does not need a highly scientific method to conclude that this amount of money probably exceeds the amount most companies are ever able or willing to invest in their products.

No zealotry here, just common sense with an edge of enthusiasm.

You do have a case in general against the kneejerk type of response to any Redmond publication, but next time you might want to spend some time thinking up arguments that do make sense: your desktop comparison has been an admission ticket to the troll cave for some years now.