Name: Anonymous 2010-03-07 5:39
Linux users (aka children), how's it feel to know there's an entire group of individuals who are better at computers than you are? Meet Windows users. They are better than you.
They understand the hardware better, they understand the basic principles of computer science better, they know how networks work better than you. They understand the pros and cons of filesystems (including ntfs) because on Windows, you get to choose FS's; they understand the principles behind operating system design because they run into phrases like "Active Directory" and "User Account Control"; they can probably program, too, since learning a scripting language(e.g. Jscript and Powershell) vastly improves productivity on Windows (and this really pisses you off, since programming was one thing you always failed at on Linux.) Oh, and they probably know Linux better than you, since most advanced Windows
users these days are ex-Linux users who managed to learn Windows years ago, when it was much less user friendly(DOS).
At this point, a confident individual would admit to himself he has a lot to learn about Windows and computers in general. But since you lack the self esteem to do that, you run back to Linux, install Tux Racer (or whatever) and keep repeating to yourself "at least I can run games. at least I can run games."
If you're looking for a job, all this hits you even harder, because you realize a lot of the jobs require Windows in one way or another. Even many of the Linux related jobs recommend Windows! At this point, you rationalize "well the only thing I know is Linux, so I must be a Linux expert!" as if knowing only one thing makes you an automatic expert, or that learning Windows forces you to forget Linux entirely.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/default.mspx
http://www.neowin.net/
http://www.xbox.com/
http://www.bing.com/
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/
http://www.msn.com/
They understand the hardware better, they understand the basic principles of computer science better, they know how networks work better than you. They understand the pros and cons of filesystems (including ntfs) because on Windows, you get to choose FS's; they understand the principles behind operating system design because they run into phrases like "Active Directory" and "User Account Control"; they can probably program, too, since learning a scripting language(e.g. Jscript and Powershell) vastly improves productivity on Windows (and this really pisses you off, since programming was one thing you always failed at on Linux.) Oh, and they probably know Linux better than you, since most advanced Windows
users these days are ex-Linux users who managed to learn Windows years ago, when it was much less user friendly(DOS).
At this point, a confident individual would admit to himself he has a lot to learn about Windows and computers in general. But since you lack the self esteem to do that, you run back to Linux, install Tux Racer (or whatever) and keep repeating to yourself "at least I can run games. at least I can run games."
If you're looking for a job, all this hits you even harder, because you realize a lot of the jobs require Windows in one way or another. Even many of the Linux related jobs recommend Windows! At this point, you rationalize "well the only thing I know is Linux, so I must be a Linux expert!" as if knowing only one thing makes you an automatic expert, or that learning Windows forces you to forget Linux entirely.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/compare/default.mspx
http://www.neowin.net/
http://www.xbox.com/
http://www.bing.com/
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/
http://www.msn.com/