Seanie wrote:
> What is it about Windows that we all dislike so much?
In my case it is the fact that it is a product of Microsoft Corporation.
> The Start Menu?
The Start Menu is a rediculously stupid invention.
I do not want to be given one main route in to my applications, I want
mass customisation and the ablity to choose more than a simple menu and
"shortcut"[0] system.
> The Taskbar?
No, you have missed the key point that it is not customisable as a UI -
you are given the "Task Bar" and "Start Button" and that's all there is
to it - if you don't like them then there is little you can do to change
it. They claim that their new "Windows Media Player OS" will change
this...yeah, right.
> or is it the fact that it's a single user OS with no security
That too.
> plus wobbly shared memory
Sorry, did you say windows did shared memory? :P
(OK, so W2K deserves a little more credit here).
> and a TCP/IP stack stolen from FreeBSD?
Not any more. At least they have "apparently" done it themselves now.
> I don't see that a Windows-alike GUI is a problem when running on top
> of Linux.
I just don't like what it represents but if others like it then that is
fine of course.
--jcm
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