Linux vs. Windows: What's The Difference? 1219
underpar writes "This zdnet article covering Microsoft's Tech Ed conference quotes one of the speakers, Mark Russinovich, as saying that Linux is becoming more and more like Windows. He cites many examples of where Linux 'copies' Windows and other operating systems. He says the only current difference is 'how windowing is handled.'"
It's a vicious cycle (Score:5, Funny)
Linux copies Windows which copies Mac which copies Linux
(I'm sure SCO Unix gets copied in there somewhere too)
Uh oh... doesn't that sort of relationship end the universe in some sort of giant BLIP!?
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Re:The Difference (Score:5, Funny)
Apps remove the difference (Score:5, Funny)
He's kinda right. I work with OpenOffice and Firefox for my basic stuff, and each time I launch those two or am in the middle of something, I have to look at the task bars to remind myself where I am at. User interfaces are so much alike.
The usual routine is pressing Win+E to launch Windows Explorer, then observe no Windows Explorer window launching, then cuss silently for the bug, then realize it's Red Hat 9 I am in.
Unix-derivatives easily identified. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:An important difference (Score:5, Funny)
Sincerely,
Darl.
Key difference... (Score:3, Funny)
Windows (Score:3, Funny)
monolithic (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unix-derivatives easily identified. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unix-derivatives easily identified. (Score:5, Funny)
Corollary to the corollary: A Unix newbie can further be identified by separating those who say "newbie" from those who say "n00b".
Re:Ooh! Selective comparison... (Score:2, Funny)
Wow, I didn't realise the market had shrunk to 1.11 people. Wait a min, let me guess - you are legion?
Re:It's a vicious cycle (Score:5, Funny)
Its all that code they licensed from SCO...
Re:The Difference (Score:3, Funny)
Doing something stupid
v. intr.
Taking some action that causes Windows to crash.
AdT response (Score:5, Funny)
"la la la la la I can't hear yooooooou la la la la la la"
Re:Please note... (Score:3, Funny)
256 kilobytes min? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:BSOD (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's a vicious cycle (Score:5, Funny)
The real difference (Score:3, Funny)
It's not hard to realize that Windows is much better protected than Linux.
That the difference guys, Linux is left alone in the jungle. Poors Linux zealot... no antivirus, unbelieveable.
Re:An important difference (Score:2, Funny)
And 500 cryptic text files are for masochists.
Re:An important difference (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ooh! Selective comparison... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, home users spend most of their time simulating circuits and writing VHDL.
Re:An important difference (Score:5, Funny)
And, best of all, you get malware, spyware, viruses, and trojans for free with your installs!
Re:An important difference (Score:5, Funny)
Hell, with Windows some programs even download themselves! Now that's service!
One thing Linux is missing...... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:An important difference (Score:5, Funny)
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Software Ideas [blogspot.com]
We'd make billions! (Score:2, Funny)
2. Purchase/Steal ideas from competent competitors.
3. Establish monopoly.
4. Accuse competitors of always trying to "copy" you.
Haha.... (Score:1, Funny)
OT but funny (Score:2, Funny)
Difference ? (Score:3, Funny)
linux works.
windows costs money.
god@world:~$
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over & out
Re:An important difference (Score:4, Funny)
Dude, no-one owns Windows. Once installed, Windows owns you.
They just need to get Linux to crash a lot (Score:2, Funny)
The Microsoft Problem Solving Process;
Re:Consultants (Score:3, Funny)
Re:An important difference (Score:1, Funny)