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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Friday, September 26, 2003 6:56:41 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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There are very good reasons people run [Windows] rather than change to [Linux]:
# It's what their employer or school has taught them and they don't want/need to learn another [OperatingSystem]
-# Games, particularly [FirstPersonShooter]s
which often only run on windows
-# It's what they have; even
though Windows has a cost, changing
to Linux can cost far more than upgrading
-# They need to run an application written for Windows that is not portable
-# The quality of applications on Linux is in general improving, but
specialist (normally ProprietarySoftware
) applications still tend to be Windows only
+# Games, which often only run on windows ([FirstPersonShooter]s usually being the exception)
+# Even
though [
Windows]
has a cost, they already have it. Changing
to Linux can cost far more than upgrading
+# They need to run an application written for [
Windows]
that is not portable; commonly
specialist (often [Proprietary]
) applications
+
+See also IssuesWithWindows and WellThoughtOutReasonsToRunLinux
AddToMe
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-See also IssuesWithWindows and WellThoughtOutReasonsToRunLinux
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