Alan
What you got was a fairly typical flaming from an uneducated and uncaring
minority.
I'd suggest that you change your newsgroup rather than your OS!g
I've never used Linux - and see no present need to ever do so (except for
curiosity) - so can't comment on it's (supposedly) perceived superiority
over Windows, however, some general comments may be in order.
1) Linux out-of-the-box is no more secure than Windows
2) the general capabilities of the users of Linux may have been higher than
those of Windows users in the past - but this is evening out as time goes on
and the hype surrounding Linux takes hold.
3) the result of the above is likely to lead to an explosion in discovered
vulnerabilities in Linux, as the script-kiddies find ways, and dupes, to
infect Linux PC's.
4) the OS as a mass-distribution has yet to prove itself under the sort of
sustained attack that Windows has endured for the past 10 years (my - has it
really been that long?).
Linux, from what I hear, is extremely good at certain things - and rubbish
at others.
Windows perforce has had to be a generalist OS - and has succeeded admirably
for the vast majority of its users.
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"Alan" wrote in message
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Hello group... :-
Just an enquiry...not flippant...but I managed to duel boot WinME with
SuSE
9 Prof.. joined up with a Linux user group It will remain anon.. ...
mentioned my duel boot setup...my point.. and question.. .purely from a
WinME point of view... thus the post to this group...did anybody get an
"attitude problem" from the Linux group...ie why are you using
"Windoze"..."Get yourself a real operating system..."etc... I guess I'm
talking about this so called Redmond Seattle OpenSource... camp
mentality...you know ...never the twain shall meet...any opinions?.. the
opinions I got from the Linux group were mixed..ie anything from the
puerile
"geek"..to a more considered adult attitude... about how and why you
adopt
a particular operating system to use....
Yours Alan
P.S. I really would like the groups opinion on this... :-