The Not-So-Rapid Blog :: Linux http://www.not-so-rapid.com Linux Feed: The Not-So-Rapid Blog en Linux will be grown up when its users can spend their money on it... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:47:04 +0100 http://www.not-so-rapid.com/members/philipstorry/s3blog/not-so-rapid.nsf/archive/MDOZ-7GF9YF

If there's one thing I've found tedious in the Linux community, it's the odd assertion that if it ain't free, it must be worthless.

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 Turns out Microsoft KNEW that Windows was frustrating... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:18:11 +0100 http://www.not-so-rapid.com/members/philipstorry/s3blog/not-so-rapid.nsf/archive/MDOZ-7FYAKV

Via Techdirt, I found this great email from Bill Gates.

It turns out that Microsoft knew that Windows was frustrating. It was being pointed out from the very top.

In 2003.

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 Comparing Linux and Windows XP boot times... Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:14:12 +0200 http://www.not-so-rapid.com/members/philipstorry/s3blog/not-so-rapid.nsf/archive/MDOZ-77JSWE

I've been playing quite a bit of Team Fortress 2, which requires me to restart back into Windows. I couldn't help but notice that there's a time difference between starting each system, and finally got curious enough to time it...

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