Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 22:39:44

 Sp>  bo> Switching OS is more for the meta-changes, that is, not about the
 Sp>  bo> applications, but how the computer works overall.  If one is happy wi
 Sp>  bo> the Windows paradigm, can't see an advantage in a different paradigm,
 Sp> 
 Sp> You're a complete Boron :P  Applications are intrinsically tied to their
 Sp> operating system.  Being able to run alien applications on emulated
 Sp> software is a relatively recent thing. Plus clowns like Micro$loth would
 Sp> keep changing their data format so nothing would work right for very
 Sp> long. Changing office data formats, SMB authentication/format.. all
 Sp> sorts o' stuff.
 Sp> 
 Sp> A lot of business ran with M$ because you've got for better or worse
 Sp> support you can rely on to some degree because you have to buy it,
 Sp> business tends to like that sort of thing. Plus they give you the tools
 Sp> to lock your onsite desktops down within a poofteenth of each other. A
 Sp> bit like the theory that CISCO is not especially flash and can be
 Sp> expensive, but "nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec

I'm not sure what point of mine you're disagreeing with.  Are people choosing to switch away from Windows to Linux, simply to use different applications?

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