Windows 7 - Why I Prefer Linux.

Asked By goldfarb4

06-Oct-07 05:37 PM

Linux is cheap.
IOW Linux is low cost.
I don't care how much pain my employees must endur, I am interested in
pure profit, or as most people put it, bottom line.,
Linux gives me a low cost, positive cash flow, ie: bottom line.
That's all that counts.
Go cheap and you will sleep..
That's my motto.

Saul Goldfarb

06-Oct-07 06:02 PM

So, you think that if your employees cannot produce the same quality work in
the same amount of time or less than your competition due to "how much pain
(they) must endure" due to your inflexibility and possible
incompatibilities, etc - you will still actually *make* a profit?

What is it the richer half of the population says?
'You have to spend money to make money', or something like that.

Good luck with your 'business model'. ;-)

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Shenan Stanley
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06-Oct-07 06:23 PM

The thing is, no one really cares why you prefer Linux.

06-Oct-07 06:29 PM

Linux is not cheap...it is free.
A found penny has more value.

06-Oct-07 06:45 PM

which is why linux is so much better, i laugh everytime a see a fool buy a
retail or upgrade version of windows, even my folks because i know i can get
a really reliable OS depending which version of linux you get AND i don't
have a pay a dime or a penny. and i don't need a antivirus program, because
linux is so reliable, and almost no one make a linux virus. i know this by
XP, that's why even though i like not love my vista system i always have a
bootable version of linux when i want to be working for real, not just
having fun, like when i run vista.

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Personnal Advice To You:

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

06-Oct-07 06:55 PM

That's one hell of a sentence!

John.

06-Oct-07 06:56 PM

I doubt you "run" anything.
You could not run on two feet.

06-Oct-07 06:57 PM

____/  Gary Stewart on Saturday 06 October 2007 22:37 : \____


Another impotent Gary Stewart (flatfish) nym.

plonk

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07-Oct-07 03:16 AM

Can you prove that SPAMMER?

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John King
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06-Oct-07 09:16 PM

I know of companies that had problems with Linux in their operations when
they went with that attitude. The losses were greater!

Linux is an excellent operating system, and is very stable. But, it has its
place. It is best to be compatible to the rest of the world when it comes to
business!

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JANA
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Linux is cheap.
IOW Linux is low cost.
I don't care how much pain my employees must endur, I am interested in
pure profit, or as most people put it, bottom line.,
Linux gives me a low cost, positive cash flow, ie: bottom line.
That's all that counts.
Go cheap and you will sleep..
That's my motto.

Saul Goldfarb

06-Oct-07 09:36 PM

Geez, I am suprised at how many people thought this guy was serious.
Have the OS wars blinded us to humor and irony?
Come on, people, use your head before answering.

06-Oct-07 09:38 PM

This demonstrates a complete disregard for the welfare of your
employees.

If you are not the owner of that business, show your post to those
above you and the owner.
Whether you are the owner or not, show your employees this post so
they can clearly see how little you care for them.

I doubt you represent very many if any business owners who use Linux.
With that attitude, you must have a very high turn over and that
generally translates to higher costs because of training etc.
Regardless the operating system used, anyone with your attitude will
drive business costs up.

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06-Oct-07 10:09 PM

You really think no one recognizes a Google Grouping boob playing a
wannabe flamer?

06-Oct-07 10:26 PM

its sad... the average IQ in here is way down there

06-Oct-07 10:41 PM

If you stop posting, it will increase.
Take Adam NotSoBright with you

06-Oct-07 10:47 PM

You really fell for that one...

ss.

07-Oct-07 12:53 AM

This smells like a complete hoax. P-Uuuuuuuuu!

Lang

07-Oct-07 02:14 AM

I award you the Ig Noble stupidest comment of the month.  All hail the
stupidity!

07-Oct-07 02:13 AM

Our implementation of Linux for sever, after changing from MS, has cost us
so much support time and grief that your statements seem ludicrous.

07-Oct-07 12:29 PM

I know this is a piss-poor troll, but for argument's sake, I'd say just the
amount of time your employees will have to spend on re-training and dealing
with incompatibilities between document formats (if you deal with customers
at all) will have a far larger impact on your bottom line than you stand to
benefit from using a "free" OS.

But I suppose this is a moot point if your employees also work for free, and
you happen to have an endless supply of time.

07-Oct-07 02:01 PM

*plonk*

07-Oct-07 03:27 PM

You begin to see the source of many of the "problems" encountered here ;)

Rich

07-Oct-07 06:26 PM

You really should keep up before you call names:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2200614/ig-noble-award-winners

P.S.

07-Oct-07 08:20 PM

that's why i made a mistake and apologied. as far as my typing i didn't know
i had gone back to school, i fail to see why you think it's so important for
me to write properly, it's not like people can't get what i'm saying. and
beside i don't really care, i'm trying to save time, that's why i type like
this.

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Capt. Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

11-Oct-07 05:29 PM

Hi,

Linux is a much more powerful, much more stable OS than MS-Windows.
There is enough opensource software, IMHO, to run a business
comfortably. I, personally, would prefer to run on Linux, rather than
Microsoft. Too many "cash registers" in the way of developing software.
Though there are some wonderful applications running on the MS platform,
I would much rather trust a stable opensource OS that actually has its
bugs fixed, over the "bottom-line" impaired OS.


Just a singular opinion,

John

11-Oct-07 08:13 PM

i knew i like you from the moment i read your post. lol ha ha ha

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New Boating Capt. Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

11-Oct-07 09:13 PM

In my opinion, Linux is worth what you pay for it. As a hobbyist OS its fun,
but for serious work, it just isn't there. I have tried Fedora, SuSE, and
SLED 10 and none of them are really ready for the workplace. Plus Linux is
just too darn hard for the average user to administer. Want to download
software on Vista? Double click and done. On Linux? Dependency failures,
wrong software repositories, endless headache.

11-Oct-07 09:43 PM

I think if you check out Ubuntu, you will be pleasantly surprised as the
things you mention above have all be resolved.

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11-Oct-07 11:12 PM

I would love to use Linux but for the work I do I need the following apps
and Linux does not provide them:
pcAnyWhere
Quickbooks
Remote Desktop Connection to a Windows computer
Connect to work via VPN.
MPEG Encoder

I've tried Ubuntu - Fedora - Open SUSE and none of them offer these
functions that are easily useable.
Alas, users like myself are stuck with Windows.

granny

11-Oct-07 11:58 PM

Linux provides what it can, but some things can be had only if the
product supplier provides a version for linux. The following may or may
not be what you are looking for, but searching is easily done.
http://www.symantec.com/business/products/sysreq.jsp?pcid=1025&pvid=840_1
Need to talk to Intuit about that. Not a linux fixable issue.
Maybe this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop
Maybe this? http://openvpn.net/
http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/KmPg2-MPEG2-Encoder-Download-5324.html
You are stuck only if you wish to be stuck.


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norm

12-Oct-07 11:40 AM

I wasn't the one complaining about what cannot be done. I only offered
links to possible solutions that are available in each cited complaint
(other than the intuit issue, which is not the fault of linux). Please
do not inject your "irrational response" bull into the situation. There
is nothing irrational about the response. I did not recommend linux as a
solution to anything, nor am I advocating for it. I commented in good
faith.

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norm

12-Oct-07 03:37 PM

I only commented on the error in good faith.
I am quite happy to advocate Linux or windows or anything else if it does
what the user needs.
People that aren't prepared to recommend other products aren't helpful they
are salesmen.