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:ONLamp: A Windows Die-Hard Confronts Linux
ONLamp: A Windows Die-Hard Confronts Linux
Jul 21, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (11174 reads)

(Other stories by Preston Gralla)

"I've been a Windows die-hard for more years than I want to remember, having used the operating system since even before the prehistoric days of Windows 3.1.

"So when my 14-year-old son Gabe came home from his first summer job (where he's learning the open source joys of Python, PHP, and MySQL), extolling the virtues of Linux, I was skeptical. Old habits, and old operating systems, die hard..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
.....Preston Gralla is a well-known tech ...   And THAT is an "expert" for you.   
Brandioch Conner
Jul 21, 2004, 02:01:01
 
Reasons not to use Linux:  - No more sta ...   There you have it, folks!   
DanielB
Jul 21, 2004, 02:29:14
 
This poor guy likes Knoppix, but doesn&# ...   Not "earth-shaking enough"?   
scott_R
Jul 21, 2004, 02:34:20
 
What I like about Linux is you don't ...   What I like about Linux   
Jams Smith
Jul 21, 2004, 02:34:42
 
Yes Another M$ Minute...  ...   M$ dead head...more like it   
GH
Jul 21, 2004, 02:36:28
 
Behold the opinions of someone who has n ...   Well for me...   
Joe User
Jul 21, 2004, 02:38:13
 
> .....Preston Gralla is a well-known te ...   This just in!   
Clarke Brunsdon
Jul 21, 2004, 02:46:26
 
Back in 1986, I talked Greeley Medical C ...   Totally Understandable   
a.c.
Jul 21, 2004, 02:51:13
 
The son is the future.The father, the pa ...   Passing the baton   
Epaminondas
Jul 21, 2004, 04:08:18
 
... that a not-so-well-informed Win_user ...   Should be considered a compliment....   
linux__boy
Jul 21, 2004, 04:20:11
 
I think mr Gralla made a fair point: Win ...   Fair enough   
Lager Blad
Jul 21, 2004, 07:40:26
 
I checked out the free Openoffice.org su ...   The conclusion   
SM
Jul 21, 2004, 07:44:33
 
Someone who has never used anything but  ...   This is an Expert?   
Bob Robertson
Jul 21, 2004, 12:13:22
 
Anyone that openly admits they've be ...   *snork*   
g@
Jul 21, 2004, 12:45:32
 
This guy is the poster boy for Microsoft ...   Too comfortable   
Joe Almeida
Jul 21, 2004, 13:16:29
 
> By the time most ppl reach age 30, the ...   Re: Totally Understandable   
Luis Anaya
Jul 21, 2004, 13:38:10
 
When I was able to take a W2K that all o ...   I was impressed with KNOPPIX!   
Wonderbird
Jul 21, 2004, 13:52:58
 
I have read Mr. Gralla's articles fo ...   Preston Gralla   
William Jones
Jul 21, 2004, 14:16:53
 
What this article basically sums up is t ...   One Word,... Inertia   
JaseP
Jul 21, 2004, 14:36:03
 
.....I have read Mr. Gralla's articl ...   re: William Jones   
Brandioch Conner
Jul 21, 2004, 15:45:45
 
The difference between Windows and Linux ...   The real difference   
anonymous coward
Jul 21, 2004, 18:51:46
 
as someone said in recent days, ¿who was ...   Another old dog   
Crow
Jul 21, 2004, 22:57:37
 
Ok, then what does that mean?  I ran Win ...   Windows 1.2   
Expert?
Jul 29, 2004, 18:53:24
 
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