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Why Windows users dont like opensource
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by suselinux:
I was thinking (now this might be unintellectual dribble compared to what some of the other members here consider in day to day life, but bare with me I've had a revelation) and I figured out why Windows
SHEEP ,I mean users, think open source software is crap.
The only thing that Windows Users hear when some one talks about OPEN SOURCE software is the word FREE. either because they ignore the code part of the explanation because they never realise some one actually wrote that OS or App. they honestly dont consider the creation of software before the stage of printing the CD or DVD,s that it comes on.
Or they only hear the word Free because they still
have flashbacks of the agonny of giving someone fivehundred dollars for two CD's with a couple of shiny decals on em.
And a Windows User's only experience with free software (I am excluding Mozilla, OpenOffice etc they were designed for linux first) tends to be second rate or superfulous crap(couldn't spell that with a dictionary beside me)
sorry but free ware and sharware just do not compare to GNU and GPL products.
So when A Windows user hears about this "Free" opensource OS called LINUX, all they have to compare the idea of this "FREE" "LINUX" thing to is the crappy stuff they get from Download.com.
How the hell do you deal with a stigma like that eh? :confused:
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translation: these people are simple people, basic people, morons.
treat them with sympathetic kindness.
chaizak:
Whats wrong with Windows users is that nobody (with no knowledge) whant's to compile source. What they don't understand is that they have bigger problems when using binary(virusses,trojans e.t.c) my company develops both on Windows and Linux but I prefer windows as a programer because they are far faster and far more flexible than windows is.
I can't count how many time I lost source code because of Windows and how many times I had to format my Pc and loose data again (I hate B*ll G*tes)
The only think I have to say don't use Windows the suck ass
Faust:
No offense chaizak but is english your second language? If it's not please spend more time reviewing your spelling. If you don't speak english natively, sorry, ignore me. :D
quote:I prefer windows as a programer because they are far faster and far more flexible than windows is.
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What?
quote: I really did not meen for this to turn into a debate about windows VS Linux, I wanted to point out that windows users are conditioned to think that if you don't pay for it its crap.
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Sorry about that suselinux, i couldn't resist telling off this goon.
Pantso:
I think he meant to write that he prefers Linux as a programmer. :confused:
Faust:
That's what I think too, but I wanted some clarity. ;)
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