Well, promote RedHat ... I used to, not that they have let me down since or something but there is so much to be had out there that it is neigh impossible to keep up with all of it so ... And personal preference is an important factor too.

As to the Windows thing. I am thoroughly disgusted that we (the IT community in general) have let it come to this. I don't mind that Microsoft or any other company for that matter make money, hell they are supposed to, but what really disgusts my is the suffocating influence they exert or try to exert on anything that is not theirs. The manner in which this is done is simply repulsive. Examples being their attempts to discredit Open Source, the way they bribe hardware vendors to supply customers only with their OS, the way they continue to squeeze more money out of their customers constantly while in return customers get less and less rights on the dollar, the way they then justify these ever growing restrictions on what you are allowed to do with your investments in their OS on the account of them loosing millions per year on piracy when in reality the company keeps getting richer and richer and richer.

Oh and don't you even dare standing up for your rights (cfr. Sun and the JVM issue) or we will boycot you (effectivly signing your death warrant).

Not to mention how they continuously run loops around local and international law. What do you mean we can't just barge in everywhere (on private property) with our Microsoft License Police because of something as trivial as laws ? Okay in that case we will add a clause to our volume license key owners (the only ones that are profitable enough to police anyways because of the number of machine) EULA stating that accepting a volume license key means you also will allow us to come audit you at any time we see fit. There, trivial law problem solved.

I think I better stop now before I get an ulcer.

Cheers,
Hans


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