Yeah, but you could also post the comic where a person just was lost forever finding different programs so he can run things on linux.
I don't think I'm aware of that one - are you perhaps thinking of the one where someone got hooked on customisation?
The reason I use Windows is that I can turn it on, and (assuming it's been installed on a computer with the specs to run it) it will run what I want. That's it. I can't be bothered screwing around trying to work out compatibility with whatever of the thousands of versions of linux that exist. Earlier in this thread it was pointed out that beersmith works if you install something called wine- why would I bother, when I can just install it on windows and it will work fine, no pissing around?
I always acknowledge that Windows has many, many flaws. But the reason why it has been successful is that you can turn your computer on and your files will open. It's that convenience that works for me. Customisation is great, but not if you have to **** around for a few hours so that you can install something.
In all fairness, my machine 'just works' every time I switch it on. In fact, it works sooner, faster, and better. The complaints over 'I have to install wine' aren't any worse than the many times I've had someone say "Windows sux, I can't install [blah]" to which I have to tell them "You need SP2 to run that"... "Oh, cool! I'll just install that - so much easier than linux".
ACTUALLY... if I'm going to go nitpicking, I'll point out that the fact that BeerSmith doesn't
natively run on linux is far from linux's fault - it was written for windows. Linux has gone the extra mile to allow programs
not written to be run on their software to do just that, and that's not trivial considering the way the two different OSs work under the hood. If you want to gripe that BeerSmith doesn't run on linux... talk to BeerSmith.
An analogy (can you tell it's Friday?):
I have a custom built, unbadged car. You have a stock-standard ferrari with a 400kg gorilla in the passenger seat.
Mine was free. Mine goes faster despite having the same drive-shaft as yours - possibly because it's not weighted down by a gorilla. Possibly because it's been highly tuned every 3 months for the last 10 years, getting rid of parts that don't work and improving the parts that do. Mine can swap out the interior easily for free, I get a manual for every component, and I can even take a genuine ferarri steering wheel and drive with it. If I drive it into a wall at high speed, I may need to readjust the seats with a spanner, but someone will tell me which way to turn it. The back seat is roomier, mainly because it's empty when I buy it. People complain a lot about it because it doesn't say "ferarri" on the front, and the old models had a hand-starter. My model can be driven out of the showroom. If in three years, I want to upgrade to the new model, I can do it for free from the dashboard.
Yours looks nice from the outside, but most of the inside looks the same as mine, plus you get attacked by a gorilla every time you get in. Yours is prone to driving itself into walls at random, and occasionally unlocks the doors at night. You can only really use genuine ferarri parts, which cost a lot and only come in one size. For some reason, every time you start the engine you need to wait for it to attach the snow-chains to the tires, even in summer. If the snow-chains are broken, be prepared to wait a long time. The back seat starts out pretty neat, but for some reason the car keeps a logbook of everywhere you've driven, everything you've seen while there, and crumbs from every bag of chips you've eaten in the car, and piles these up at random on the back seat until there's no room for your stuff. In three years, you will have to upgrade to the new model. The new steering wheels won't fit the old models, and the metallic paint on the new models won't stick to the old models. While you're at it, you'll need a new muffler, drive-shaft, rear-view mirror, seat-belt clasp, and left indicator light - they are required, and they cost. The gorilla may be replaced, but only with one of a slightly different colour, and with a worse disposition towards you entering your car. You'll complain about the new permanent driver's seat position, but you'll be glad you didn't have to use that damn spanner.
