Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > I think that the biggest problem in this situation with windows is 
> > sifting out the rubbish apps that are available.

> There's a lot of crap-ware for linux, too. It just doesn't get into the 
> "distributions," so there's already an impartial vetting function going on.

> Nobody goes roaming around on sourceforge or google looking for 
> functionality that already works in the distribution.

  One difference is also that the user can have an impact on the development
of a distro. You can go to the official forums/mailing lits of the distro
and suggest some improvement or whatever, and there's a good chance that
someone will actually listen and implement it. I have first-hand experience.

  I don't see Microsoft roaming through the millions of messages
Microsoft-related newsgroups and online forums probably have, and
implementing people's suggestions. Windows is "too" popular, with "too
many" users, and it's owned by a single company, so it's basically
impossible for them to listen to all of them.

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                                                          - Warp

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