Why Do You Use Windows?

[Guest NatalieRene]

I'm not quite sure what you are referring to, but there is a separate software package for desktop publishing altogether called Scribus.

~Anna

By publishing I mean printing and plotting.

Personally I like Fedora as far as linux goes. I haven't tried much of anything else but I use it for Maya and Houdini.

[Guest Donna Jean]

That's simply not true and one of the NSA directors who teaches at my college would scoff at such a claim. Most businesses run their backbones on Linux/Unix. It's the computer illiterate employees that use Windows. Believe me, if your bank was running a Windows backend, you'd be mysteriously broke by now.

.Anna

Oh, Anna....

Employees are hired and sit down to work at the computer....It's already loaded with Windoze ...

Donna Jean

[Guest Anna_Banana]

Personally I think leaving the old computer languages was a mistake - I do have on thing that I wanted to caution you about Miss Banana.

Never Make Generalizations.

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Someone will always prove you wrong - not fluent in Linux does not mean computer illiterate - it is much like calling you illiterate because you did not read Homer in the original Ancient Greek (even people who read it in Greek now are reading the updated language and not the Ancient)

Love ya,

Sally

I don't understand the point you are trying to make. I was referring to the general populace. I'm more than willing to bet that you at one time are or were familiar with a Unix setup. Most people who use Windows not only haven't touched another operating system, but don't know a thing about computers in general. You can call it a "broad generalization" but having personally worked in technical support, I can say what I say confidently.

Oh, Anna....

Employees are hired and sit down to work at the computer....It's already loaded with Windoze ...

Donna Jean

I'm not exactly sure what you mean either. I'll attempt to answer with: If people were more computer literate the machines would probably run something other than Windows. The lack of computer literacy is the biggest reason why technical support is needed. Most problems are so simple its mind-numbingly amazing. But I now realize that I won't do any convincing in this thread. If you all think your banks, telecoms, government agencies, etc. run Windows on their critical systems, go right ahead. I'll just keep posting my resume for all the "Linux/Unix Administrator" positions that apparently don't exist because organizations don't use those operating systems.

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[Guest NatalieRene]

That's simply not true and one of the NSA directors who teaches at my college would scoff at such a claim. Most businesses run their backbones on Linux/Unix. It's the computer illiterate employees that use Windows. Believe me, if your bank was running a Windows backend, you'd be mysteriously broke by now.

.Anna

Thats simply not the case if your job requires you to use proprietary software developed by a vendor you use that only runs on windows. Running windows apps through wine just really isn't that hot of an option. As a workstation Windows for now is the best choice. It doesn't have anything to do with user skill level.

[Sally]

The Top Ten Reasons I use Windows!

10) Because Bill Gates made me use it.

9) I thought Linux was Lucy's younger brother - the one with the Blue Blanket.

8) I am not from Krypton and cannot see through walls.

7) Because I lost my keys and the door is locked.

6) What ever happened to Fortran?

5) Lotus 1 2 3 is so hard to find these days.

4) I enjoy computer crashes, it gives me a break.

3) I am too lazy to remove it and try something else.

2) My dog ate my Linux discs.

1) My abacus is in the shop!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest April63]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean either. I'll attempt to answer with: If people were more computer literate the machines would probably run something other than Windows. The lack of computer literacy is the biggest reason why technical support is needed. Most problems are so simple its mind-numbingly amazing. But I now realize that I won't do any convincing in this thread. If you all think your banks, telecoms, government agencies, etc. run Windows on their critical systems, go right ahead. I'll just keep posting my resume for all the "Linux/Unix Administrator" positions that apparently don't exist because organizations don't use those operating systems.

I think people would still be using Windows. Definitely. Windows would probably be a little different, perhaps more "computer literate", but Windows would still be a dominant operating system.

[Guest toro]

For games and comparability issues. Also, if you have two gigantic 26 inch LCD plasma monitors and 12GB DDR3 RAM and an x4 Phenom II Processor you tend not to care about speed.

I personally, however would only ever use Windows or Linux. I tend to dislike anything out of my norms, which are those two OS.