I thought this was poignant considering the discussions going on over on
the WDSC list. Deb Shinder wrote this in her VistaNews
(
http://www.vistanews.com/) newsletter today:
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Using a Mac is like living in a downtown penthouse. You have everything
done for you and it all looks very slick, but you pay a high price. You
have a doorman to pamper you and somebody else takes care of the
maintenance, but you can't make a lot of changes to the property.
Using Windows is like living in the suburbs. You get more square footage
for your dollar but you have to mow your own lawn and when something
goes wrong, you have to fix it yourself or pay someone extra to do it.
You can make changes to your property but you might have to deal with
deed restrictions or city ordinances or homeowner association rules.
Using Linux is like living out in the country. Compared to the other
options, property is dirt cheap and you can do whatever you want to it
without having to follow codes and get inspections. But you'll probably
have to do a lot more of the work yourself and you need a lot of
building expertise or else you may get yourself into big trouble and
find your house falling down all around you because you didn't do it
correctly.
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Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.
midrange.com
