Hey, that was some practical comments.
I guess one of the reason for this hot discussion is that, Bill Gates, who is not the smartest computer nerd, made the most money. I think all the real smart nerds are angry and came up with Unix/Linux. (Others started making virus to attack Windows)
Academically speaking, I do believe that Unix/Linux are better in many aspects including security. But then so what? It is company's decision which to use. If the company can afford smart people and requires high security system, then go ahead with Linux. If the company cannot get the top techy people and can bare with Windows then use Windows.
The only problem I see here actually is that Linux people think the Linux is a religion while non-Linux people see both Linux and Windows as "products" with different specialties.
I am simply interested to see the future of both: Will Linux become more user friendly while keeping security or will Windows become more secure while keeping the user friendly thing. But I really don't care which one wins because I am simply a user and I don't consider any of these as my religion.


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