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  Re: Linux really costs a _lot_ more than $40  
From: Warp
Date: 1 Nov 2008 13:56:25
Message: <490c9849@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> MS has to not only do stuff to improve an OS that's already pretty darn 
> mature, but also has to make it visibly enticing at first glance, 
> regardless of what's under the hood.

  And in many cases they only can do that by breaking the basic engineer
rule "if it works, don't fix it", as well as making the UI so heavy that
you need a supercomputer to run it.

  AFAIK Windows is the only OS out there for which each version has been
slower than the previous version (even with all the eyecandy turned off).
Clearly their priorities are not in efficiency.

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                                                          - Warp


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