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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Friday, September 26, 2003 8:00:23 pm | by MarcelVanDeSteeg | Revert |
| Older 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]
+# It's what their employer or school has taught them and they don't want/need to learn another [OperatingSystem].[1
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# 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
+# Even though [Windows] has a cost, they already have it. Changing to Linux can cost far more than upgrading.[2]
+# They need to run an application written for [Windows] that is not portable; commonly specialist (often [Proprietary]) applications.[3]
+# Some hardware (mostly the very latest stuff) will only work under Windows. Hardware manufacturers usually do not provide drivers for other operating systems. (Although this is changing)
See also IssuesWithWindows and WellThoughtOutReasonsToRunLinux
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+[1] This is the reason why [Microsoft] and [Apple] (used to?) provide free computers to schools. They know that that first 'exposure' in school to their product(s) can guarantee future customers.
+[2] That is debatable :D
+[3] Example: ''I have seen a very large number of accounting packages that appear to have been 'slapped together' in [VisualBasic]/[VisualC++]. They will obviously only work under Windows. The companies that produce these packages (in my experience) never provide Unix versions of their software. Once a business has purchased such an accounting package and has used it for a few years, the business will effectively have been 'locked' into using Windows - [MarcelVanDeSteeg]''
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