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   From: "Paul-B"    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: An Ultimate Vista Problem   
   Date: 2 Feb 2007 13:52:43 GMT   
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   Xunil Resu wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:31:13 -0800, Arrowcatcher wrote:   
   >    
   > > Windows Vista may be a lot of things, but it's not ultimately   
   > > "green".   
   >    
   > Apparently some Linux users can only make a case for using Linux in   
   > terms of anti-Windows or anti-M$ blethering. That's kind of negative   
   > and far from convincing.    
   >    
      
   I didn't read it as negative, just factual, from a "green" pov. The   
   difference in energy consumption is significant.   
      
   > We all know that M$ produced a piece of monstrous bloat- and spyware   
   > with Vista, demanding modern expensive hardware. So be it. Let's make   
   > a positive case for Linux and not define it as a sort of   
   > anti-Windows. And let's not forget that there is a lot of room for   
   > improvement at this end as well. For instance, how can substantial   
   > numbers of Windows users ever be convinced to switch to Linux when   
   > they have choose from the chaos of hundreds of distributions?   
   >    
      
   Quite easily, if they do even a small amount of research. No more   
   different than deciding which of the eighteen flavours of Vista would   
   suit their needs.   
      
      
      
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