On 11/19/2011 9:57, Warp wrote:
> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>> On 11/19/2011 5:42, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Any company can fail. I guess the difference is that if a big company is
>>> going to fail, you'll know about it sooner before it happens...
>
>> Yep. That's why I'm always amused when people tell me Linux is better
>> because "what if Microsoft stops supporting Windows?"
>
>    I actually fail to understand your reasoning.

It amuses me because they fail to take into account the extra pain caused by 
writing for something like Linux instead of Windows, in those situations 
where it matters, which is usually where the argument comes up. "You should 
avoid DirectX, and only use libraries that run on every platform, because 
Microsoft might stop selling Windows one day!"  There may be lots of reasons 
to avoid Windows, but the thought that Microsoft will fail before your 
company does is not one of them. Right up there with "we should avoid SQL, 
because what if we get so many customers that the sort of technology that 
runs AT&T's billing and Visa's credit card processing can't keep up with the 
demand for *our* product?"

Of course, in other situations, Linux is superior. But not because Microsoft 
might go broke.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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