Windows 7: 7 Reasons Not to Get too Excited
It’s official: Windows 7 will be on the shelves just in time for the Christmas season. From an Open Source perspective, this is nothing ground-breaking: It’s just the same old Windows.
1. Windows is destined to lose more market share:
Windows is not going to gain any ground over Linux. The OS from Redmond simply has too high of a market share for the quality of what they are putting on the market. In addition, the new Windows fails to offer any incentive for the Linux user to make the switch to Microsoft. Even if Windows 7 were to be the absolute best Windows the world had ever seen, in the end it would still be Closed Source.
With this edition, Windows will not change the fact that users are changing to Linux and free software in higher numbers. To the contrary, the process will simply be sped up. With Windows 7, the biggest impact will occur among the various Windows versions, while the overall Windows market share is expected to sink further.
2. Hardly a new feature:
Linux hackers were once said to be notorious for stealing a variety of ideas from Microsoft. In contrast to this day and age, a peek at the Microsoft's description of Windows 7 reveals that there is little material to interest anyone hungry for innovation. Most of the new desktop features are hardly impressive:
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Do yourself a favor...
Either buy a Mac or go Linux. You won't regret it. If you need commercial apps, get a Mac. If all you do is browse the internet, hangout on Facebook, do some IM, get your email, and watch some YouTube videos, then just use Linux. You'll save yourself a ton of money and have less headaches as a result. There are lots of Linux distros to choose from. I recommend Mandriva, OpenSuse, Linux Mint, or PCLinuxOS to get started.There will be a learning curve adjusting to a new OS, and that applies to both Mac and Linux. In the end, though, you won't regret it. I've been a full time Linux user for about 5 years now, and I'm not a geek at all. Once you learn your way around, you'll wonder why Windows has to be so complicated!