vnunet: A Shattering Experience with Windows Apr 28, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (15 Talkback[s]) (11237 reads) (Other stories by Les Hatton)
"As you may know, I am a staunch supporter of open source alternatives to Microsoft. My enthusiasm for all things non-Microsoft was reinforced the other week, after I agreed to 'sort out' our builder's new Windows XP PC, which would crash every time it got past the log-on phase. I still can't believe what followed and wonder if Microsoft ever factors the kind of appalling waste of time I had to endure into its fantastical computations of return on investment. I presume not..."