Lessons Linux Should Learn From Windows and Mac
Sometimes we can be pretty quick to dismiss the competition and really try to aggressively push the Linux ’cause’, if you get what I mean. We can see that Windows and Mac do a great number of things right, and not all of them are things that Linux gets perfect.
Windows XP
Microsoft’s baby may be holding 90% of the market due in part to their brute-force approach to marketing and business practices, but there’s also the little fact that Windows, in its current days, really isn’t all that bad of an OS. Nine of ten computer users are Windows users, and so it’s pretty safe to say that well more than nine of ten of us have tried it before. I’m only twenty years into my life so I grew up with Windows and the fact of the matter is, it’s not perfect, it’s not bulletproof (but what OS is? Really?), but it gets the job done pretty efficiently, once you know your way around it.
Firstly, there’s the little matter of hardware support. Windows’ position in the industry ensures that support from hardware vendors and OEMs is second-to none. It should be noted though, that an out-of-the-box installation of Windows XP or Vista don’t have this advantage. But nevertheless, since a large portion of Windows setups are OEM installations, it’s a boon that Windows enjoys and one that we’re still struggling with, so it’s always going to be an area that’s worthy of putting effort into improving.
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