SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure

Posted Jun 24, 2010 0:25 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333)
In reply to: SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure by cmccabe
Parent article: SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure

> Windows even has a special "feature" called Windows Genuine Advantage that forces you to reinstall the OS when the hardware has changed. You *cannot* use your previous install.

Windows sucks in a lot of ways, but Windows sucking has nothing to do with Linux sucking also. You can improve Linux and make it more easy to use without giving a crap what anybody in Redmond is doing.

If I am your plumber and you pay me money to fix your plumbing and I do a really shitty job at fixing it.. and you complain to me about it to me... does it comfort you when I tell you that whenever your neighbor washes his dishes that the basement floods? Does it make your plumbing better knowing that somebody else has it worse then you?