by Lam Luu

Created on: July 12, 2008

You should have been in Linux. That is the first thing I tell you if you are still in Windows. You should have been here, with us, and cherish the success and efficiency of the open-source movement, cherish your own freedom and happiness, exercise your power and authority as the owner of the computer. You should not be in Windows, where you must obey, not be obeyed, where you must bear with tons of idiosyncrasies. However, now is the time to change to Linux, more than ever. By the way, this should only apply to Windows users. If you are using Macintosh, maybe you may want to stick there, since Mac is, more or less, far cousin of Linux. However, if you are on Windows boat, switch!

The first reason to switch is that you will have to learn a new environment anyway. Vista and XP. Tell me where they are the same (except their producer). Frankly, I still like XP. I switch to Linux from XP, right. However, it is still functional as an operating system. It still reads the network drives. It still allows me to work. Vista? Please. Furthermore, XP is an evolution from 98 (actually, from ME, but no one like ME, so let us take 98). You know where everything was, and how things worked. You are supposed to throw your stuffs into "My documents". When you drag mouse over Programs (or "All Programs"), a menu pop out. If you want to change something of the Windows Explorer, you have the menu. Etc. We all know those things. We grew up with them. Then, some guys in Microsoft (I firmly believe that guy is not Bill Gates) think they know better, and screwed everything up. What is THAT? Everything turns upside-down. And slow down. Let me tell you again: you will have to study a new environment, a very annoying one, if you choose Vista. In that case, switch to Linux! It is even better than XP. The reason you stick to Microsoft is because you have been using them forever. Well, no more. They are someone new, someone you know not! Then, find a better place!

Secondly, well, I have mentioned this above, Microsoft is no more Microsoft. As a matter of fact, Microsoft has never been an innovation driver. They don't come up with new ideas. They simply implement good ideas in a way that all of us can use. Compare the price of a machine for Windows 98 and one for Macintosh. Compare the skill require for Windows XP and the skill require for (says) Red Hat 1. Furthermore, Microsoft respected us, users. They spent a huge amount of time on ensuring that our programs, our old and buggy ones, would

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