Is Windoze > all others? :p

[Arnor]

yes

 

[xxManiacxx]

far from

 

[nath]

That's like saying is cheese better than syrup. It all depends what for.

 

[Louster]

That's like saying is cheese better than syrup. It all depends what for.

It really didn't deserve a serious reply, y'know.

 

[nath]

I was bored :\

 

[Overdriven]

That's like saying is cheese better than syrup. It all depends what for.

Fine, what OS is better for doing what? Would like to see what you say personally.

 

[Jonty]

That's like saying is cheese better than syrup. It all depends what for.

That's so very true Windows XP is very good product. People may dislike how it got where it is, but the fact it is Microsoft's PR department is apparently quite troubled when it comes to selling Longhorn because for the first time people generally feel the present Windows incarnation is generally 'good enough'. For everyday tasks, Windows is very user friendly and its ubiquity means that from gaming to browsing the web, productivity to creativity, it makes life easy for many millions of users. That's not to say it can't be a pain in the you-know-what at times, but generally it's a very good product. As id's John Carmack once quipped, Microsoft have a history of releasing initally 'crappy' products and then improving them and improving them until they dominate the market. Longhorn ought to bring a new layer to the mix, even if it is just playing catch up with Apple's Tiger OS and various Linux features.

My experience of Linux is very limited, but it obviously excels in so many areas where Windows presently does not. That said, from my limited experience, the distributions are still not quite at the 'Just Works' stage for the average user that Windows is, nor has it received quite the backing from hardware and software suppliers which Windows has (but then again that's somewhat of the chicken and the egg scenario). Of course being brought up on Windows warps one's view, but there are times when Linux requires that extra bit of work which admirers will dismiss but which could deter others.

I suppose the fact is Windows is the great all rounder, Linux is the flexible specialist, and Apple's Tiger is pretty and powerful but still lacks a substantial user base. At the end of the day, though, what you use your computer will wholly determine what you look for in an OS. My uses are fairly typical in some ways so I'm biassed towards Windows XP (the 64-bit version of which will apparently be a free upgrade for most if not all). But I guess it's horses for courses, as they say.

Kind Regards

Jonty

P.S. Keep it civil as you have been doing thus far, no flaming else posts will start disappearing

 

[dysfunction]

IBM's OS2 was very good at wasting my time....

 

[yaruar]

Novell 5.1>all.......

well for network optimised server os's anyway.

shame the management couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag.

 

[Gurnox]

Active Directory rocks. Even if it is LDAP Microsoft style. Makes running a corporate network so much easier.

 

[yaruar]

Active Directory rocks. Even if it is LDAP Microsoft style. Makes running a corporate network so much easier.

noooooooooooooo active directory is just a poor copy of NDS. i regret the day all of my previous companies switched to MS.

 

[nath]

Fine, what OS is better for doing what? Would like to see what you say personally.

Well, it's down to personal preference obviously but I've got a server running a dhcp daemon, an ftpd and a couple of other things, and it's providing net access to my network. All could be done on windows, however imo debian does it better. It's rock solid, totally and utterly controlable via simple ssh software and once you've got past the (not tremendous) pain of setting it up it's incredibly robust.

In my experience Windows placed in a similar role will degrade after time, the longer it's left on the more cracks start appearing. Plus, remote admin is slightly more of a chore.

If you want to play games Windows is clearly superior as there's *very* limited support on *nix.

I could go on listing what's good for Windows and what's good for *nix but there's so many different things and the lines blur quite a lot. Plus, I'm not as clued up as a lot of people but I know enough to know that it really amounts to horses for courses tbh.

 

[Danya]

That's like saying is cheese better than syrup. It all depends what for.

How about syrup on cheese? ;>

 

[dysfunction]

How about syrup on cheese? ;>

How about a slap upside the head?

 

[Danya]

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[dysfunction]

Sorry I had three pints at lunch and had to go back to work

 

[Natswoo]

Mac OS10 > all