why do so many people Hate microsoft (windows) and love linux???

6 Comments

1. snakeeyes says:

   30. June 2011 at 22:01

   Hi, nice question. I am a Linux user, I don’t hate Microsoft. To tell u the truth Linux is only 1% of the world so they really aren’t a lot but its true that a majority of Linux users do hate them.

   The reason is that Windows worked so badly for them that they had to give up windows and switch to a completely new system. Also if u think about it Microsoft’s strategy on the way they sell their products and the prices and quality of their system is very poor.

   Hey maybe u should try Linux as well, seriously once u use it u will never be able to stand using Windows or OS X again. I use opensuse 10.3, its probably the most graphical Linux system u can think of, there is a GUI for everything. Its sponsored by Novell.

   http://en.opensuse.org

   Good Luck and take care!
2. John A says:

   30. June 2011 at 22:01

   linux is far superior in every way, and it is free, as are many of the software programs which run on it. Microsoft has no control over it.
3. erfahren says:

   30. June 2011 at 22:01

   I use Linux primarily as well and, like snakeeye, I don’t have a big hatred for Microsoft (just strongly dislike them).

   Seriously though, there’s a difference between disliking Windows and disliking Windows users. I understand why people use Windows and don’t hold them in contempt, unlike some Linux users seem to.

   Anyway, with Linux, it’s all about freedom. If you use Windows you don’t actually own the operating system you’re using, you just have a license to use it. If Microsoft wanted to, they could require you to install an update (for instance) that could intentionally render some other program you use, that they don’t approve of, completely unusable.

   Linux distros are open-source and (most) are free. End users can do whatevever they want with it.
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4. jsleno says:

   30. June 2011 at 22:01

   I don’t hate Microsoft per se (and hate is a strong word that I probably wouldn’t use). I don’t like what they have done with their software monopoly, or how they have done it.

   Microsoft took a very popular product, Windows 95, and pretty much bullied everyone who wanted to use it or sell it. End users never really owned anything after handing over money. We purchased the right to use the software, not the software itself.

   And hardware vendors wound up paying Microsoft for each computer they sold, whether it had Windows on it or not!

   Competing software makers, when they refused to sell out to Microsoft, got undercut with pricing and were blitzed with FUD campaigns (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) until they were driven out of business.

   Now, with Linux, End users can use the software free of charge. Hardware manufacturers can install Linux on as many PCs as they want, and not have to pay a per-box charge. Programmers also cooperate by contributing changes to Linux that everyone can benefit from.

   Before I had always thought of software as something valuable that you had to pay for. But Linux takes a different way of thinking about software.

   Software is still valuable, but not in the same way. Software is not valuable because of how much you pay for it. It becomes valuable when you use it to your advantage. So you should have free and open access to it to determine how valuable it is to you.