Vista Fans Are Just as Bad as Linux Fans

      by Wyatt Walter

The pattern is as sure as the sun rises: Someone writes an article about Linux vs. some other OS. Then someone will say how Linux is far superior to everything else on the market. Then someone will say that common tasks in Linux are difficult and it sucks. Then someone will insult their intelliegence saying they’re an idiot and doesn’t know how to computers since they can’t figure out Linux. Then the insults get more and more personal and more and more insulting. A few in the community around Linux are so passionate about Linux that it hurls insults at anyone who sees differently.

Over the past few months, I’ve been noticing another trend emerging. If you read the comments under any article about some sort of bug or problem with Windows (a very good recent example here), the very same thing seems to be happening with Vista fans. Take the first paragraph and replace every instance of Linux with Windows Vista and you have it. Early in its public life, Windows Vista was ripped on by almost everyone in the blogosphere and even popular media. Now it seems there are a few who are willing to hurl personal insults to defend their choice OS. It seems this could be a good start for Microsoft in their efforts towards rebuilding the community around their products after it was shattered by the bad Vista publicity (deserved or not).

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