What with you wanting Windows to die?
There a Users, Developers, and business who like to use Windows(and yes they know the alternative).

I myself love Windows 7 as well as Linux Mint, I use both. I also use both Windows Server 2008 and a CentOS servers. I like having both of best world.

A little about me: long-time Linux user, occasional author/ranter (Search for “Ken D’Ambrosio” and “Linux”, and you’ll get one or three hits), have worked for companies large and small (UPS, Cisco, Segway, various startups), and think Linux is really, really cool. Indeed, in many ways, I think Linux has won: it’s hugely popular on embedded devices; it’s made huge inroads in the server market; it’s becoming more and more popular with young ‘uns — or, at least, the services offered on Linux systems are. The desktop? It’s going to be a while, yet. Microsoft still owns that, and I don’t see Linux wresting it from them any time soon. Instead, I think it’ll be the surprise attack that surprises no one: the desktop’s OS becoming irrelevant. “Well, does Windows let me surf to my cloud applications any better? Then… why am I paying extra for *that* system, when this one running Linux does everything I need?” Again — this will not happen quickly, but I do envision the day.

Keep up the good work — please!

I for one am never using Windows again as long as I can help it; Ubuntu has turned out that well for me and hopefully I can convince others of it’s merits as well.

Mixed feelings about their site:

Easy to find listings … that’s cool. And they seemed relevant and from a number of different backend pools (dice, jobfox, etc.)

But … nearly every position also listed Microsoft Server experience as being at least preferred and that makes me wonder.

Does their search algorithm need work in order to exclude listings having the word “Windows” in it? Does someone feel it enough to label the job as a Linux role and then expect directly supporting Windows? –That would make me wonder exactly what the Windows teams in those environments really do! Or, does simply having knowledge of running that “terrible application turned messy, petri-dish-of-a-quasi-OS” Server edition install folks with wisdom enough to be a better admin/engineer?

Regardless of the answer(s) to any of the above, freedom to me doesn’t me “only in a cage part of the time.”

FreeBSD and Mac OS X were somehow able to feature them. Linux had to turn them down because their GPL batshit is unfortunately considering not all OSI-approved licenses the same value.

As for that, you also need to license except ( and thus break with OSI approval ) every single time you want to use OpenSSL. Legally such exceptions are because of a poor choice of words not clear.

Digital restrictions? Linux, check.

“As we come close to majority market share, it is apparent that the FSF’s approach worked well.”

http://gs.statcounter.com/#os-ww-monthly-201004-201104
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Web_clients
http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8

Almost majority market share, yes.

I don’t harshly criticize people who don’t agree, unless they do so maliciously, and I don’t see the FSF doing this so much as I see a bunch of Microsoft FUDsters making issues of nothing. The words to avoid collection is a good example of polite and careful advocacy. It’s a little dry but it’s concise and well written. Joe Brockmeier’s essay is full of exaggerations and inaccuracies and injustice for the FSF. As we come close to majority market share, it is apparent that the FSF’s approach worked well. People value their freedom and the simple and careful language of the FSF.

My free software systems are way more fun than Windows. So are Android smart phones and tablets. As Linux “wins” it’s important to make sure that it is also a win for software freedom. Projects like Freedom Box should do the trick soon enough. See my Vista Failure Videos and Windows 7 Sucks Videos for a reality check. Vista 7 is still a failure because Digital Restrictions Suck. Thanks for the thoughts but don’t let the Microsoft people convince you to stop talking about freedom and GNU.

Your bet is almost up and I think you are winning if Android smart phones are counted. Congratulations for being so close and perhaps winning. Don’t believe people who might say you are giving free software a bad name, that’s a standard tactic used by Microsoft Technical Evangelists who would like for people like you to quit calling out their lies and distortions.

I also keep a Microsoft Death Watch and Microsoft Patent Extortion Timeline you might be interested in. The patent extortion is only part of Microsoft’s anti-competitive activity. They also engage in technical sabotage like ACPI power management , retail manipulation like they did to Walmart and Bill Gates is trying to buy control of US public schools all to prop up Microsoft Windows.