Comment 1740 for bug 1

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:10 AM, »John« <email address hidden> wrote:
> http://meandubuntu.wordpress.com/ms-and-floss/
> Please read this VERY carefully and cover to cover.

Did not read to the end of this very, very long article - however - I
already knew a lot of that what I read.
And yes,

> The root cause of most of our problems is that THOSE WHO STAND TO PROFIT
> FROM THE CURRENT STATUS QUO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROFITS.
> It doesn't even have to be LEGAL - all that matters is that all the dirt
> stays well hidden because nobody gets prosecuted for something nobody knows
> or cares about.

of course this is a huge problems. But if you ask the "normal user"
who is not really interested in computers, but just wants to do
his/her work or doing his/her hobby with the help of the computer
would ask you (as one of the experts - if not the only they know):
"What do you recommand? What should I use?" - At least I am getting
asked this by people and mostly the question comes out of the fact
that their old computer gets too slow and they want to buy a new one.
Lately I get asked more often what I do think of Apple for example
which shows that people getting aware of Apple laptops because they
maybe have an iPhone.

And at this point it comes down to bugs because I know what is behind
the marketing of Microsoft of maybe even Apple. But if I recommend
Linux and then the people get back to me when their laptop frequently
freezes and their work is gone then it is me who needs to explain. - I
am not willing to get blamed - and loose the reputation as the one
giving good IT advices (I mean my job is IT consulting - if people
cannot rely on my advice - what should they rely on then...).

That's why currently I do stay away from the recommendation to switch
to Linux. Main reason: Quality problems
This does not mean, that other operating systems do not have quality
problems - but why changing from one thing that has problems to
another that has other problems? In this case it is better to stay
with the thing where you already know the problems a little better and
know what to do (if it is reinstalling your PC every year or
whatever).

Best regards, Martin.