ref: Microsoft barriers to Linux adoption on the desktop

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 16:16 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-15-02 at 15:28 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > 
> >>Especially I have seen statements
> >>about Windows being a CPU hog, when I know it is not. It is, in fact,
> >>slightly less CPU intensive than the versions of Linux I have tried
> >>(on an unloaded machine) and noticeably faster for loading the programs
> >>I use. So I take some time to correct incorrct statements.
> > 
> > 
> > My experience is completely the opposite: Linux is less CPU intensive
> > than Windows on the desktop or on a server.  All of my clients have said
> > the same thing.
> > 
> > It's strange...I've seen similar claims made directly by Microsoft and
> > Microsoft's friends.  I smell something fishy.
> 
> Are you saying that I'm a plant or something?
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no - you're way too disagreeable to be a plant.

;-)

Craig