Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : Atreyu
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Jun 24 2022 13:56:52

  Re: Re: Old computer
  By: Atreyu to Claw on Fri Jun 24 2022 11:12 am

 > Mannnnn.... in my house, computers work for me and not the other way arou

Chances are your computers work for Microsoft as much as they do for you, if
not more.

I am not a Linux fan (I am a BSD guy) but I get more distressed calls for
Windows issues than for Linux and BSD issues at $job. The problem Linux has
is that there are many distributions which are great for development, having
fun and testing, but not for getting any work done in production... however,
if you set a production-ready one it tends to carry along nearly unattended
until its software is EOLed.

I am not buying the argument that Windows is the stuff you set when you want
things to just work. Windows is the platform in which if a hard drive dies
you need to get a new license from the OEM because the activation key was
included within the drive (many OEMs don't include the sticker anymore).
There is a store from which I buy spare computer parts whose main source of
revenue is fixing Windows installs and software issues. It is very far from
"just works".

Most people in the "Windows just works" field has never had to perform a
Windows install. My mother wants Windows because it is "easy" but if she had
to install it and chase down the required drivers for her computer she would
fall on her knees ripping her hair out.

If anything the problem here is that many people in the Linux ecosystem is
trying to replicate Windows on an Unix-like base, which is bonkers. This is
the reason why I have more respect for the smaller BSD projects: they do
their own thing and they don't try to be somebody's imitator.

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