Well said. There's tremendous money involved in the way the whole system is set up. M$ Certifications, etc., that keep many people directly and indirectly tied to M$'s products. So literally thousands of people have a financial interest in keeping Microsoft firmly where it is. Everyone from MS employees to system VAR's to software designers to the local Best Buy selling you a $200 break/fix warranty on your new Windows computer...Katzedecimal wrote:I have to agree with Lantesh and Dutchmaster, it depends on how one defines "easier." For the "average user" (ie Joe/Jane Rube), the one and only thing that makes Windows "easier" is that if something pooches up, he can take it to any fixit shop. To find a fixit shop that speaks Linux, he has to hit the yellow pages - or else learn to fix it himself, which Joe/Jane Rube typically does not want to do.
The money is everywhere. Also, let's not forget MS Exchange and Office that keep people enslaved to Windows. The best thing to happen to Linux in a long time is the cloud...It's funny, really, that Linux has a great future ahead of it due to the fact that OS's are becoming transparent. And if you're running in a transparent OS environment, reliability and simplicity are all you need, really.