I am going out on a limb here…really opening myself up for a flame-war. But you know - there are some defining moments that beg for such an action. That action? To question why anyone (when they KNOW the difference) would seriously choose a Windows operating system over Linux.

Let me set the stage a bit. Recently I wrote an article for Techrepublic about the fundamental differences between Linux and Windows. As I wrote that article I found myself constantly wondering why anyone knowing these fundamental differences would choose anything but a Linux operating system.

Recently my youngest stepdaughter brought her Windows XP machine to a screeching halt with a nasty boot sector virus.

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