Its MIT - even the most mundane things sound exciting to the rest of the world. Just throw in a few more catch phrases - SPI interface, sigma delta ADC, and its already really really exciting!

Point is, how does that business model pay the bills? The fruit and veg shop wants money, not kind words.

Does it matter? Whether someone paid for it or not, they want to use it, regardless of the OS.

Halo is sexually explicit? what did I miss when I played it?

Try Arthur's pizza too. Bondi Junction, close to the train station.

I was raised on a Microsoft desktop. Well, on a Microsoft command line to start off with. I've been going back and forth between various flavors of Linux and Windows for years. First one I tried was Mandrake. I simply go back to Windows because it lets me play the latest games. I've been keeping up with Ubuntu releases and I even had a paid account for Transgaming. Transgaming experiences weren't the best. Poor fps, even on pretty good hardware at the time.

But certain things that you just take for granted in a Windows world take a lot of effort in Linux. Getting my wireless card in the laptop to work, installing Nvidia drivers, getting my work (windows mobile) device to sync, plus using software that I need for work which have no Linux versions available are just examples of things that pull me back to Windows.

Year of the Linux desktop will be different for everyone. Once I'm able to seamlessly switch without requiring too much effort, it'll be the year of the linux desktop for me. It may be 2009, it may be 2015, who knows. Till then, Windows is filling a gap that Linux cannot.

Any info to back up that claim?

I find it works well, unless I want to type a message in a different language. Then it really goes bad. But, I've got a Nokia, and it works great. once you make it learn a few words by spelling them yourself (usually suburb names) its great. If you wanna use slang, hit the hash key a few times, and it takes it off T9, so you can free type.

But when typing a normal SMS, T9 predictive input makes it so much easier for me.

That is why they are great in torches, head lamps, and backlights - because you don't need complex optics to focus the light. White LEDs are still quite expensive though, so bulb made out of it would be a lot more expensive than a standard one.

My argument is broken from both angles of attack? Since when is posting my opinion an attack? Sounds like you have deep issues. Bad parenting? Your mother was too busy with her clients to breastfeed you?

No, they weren't. Funny that. If I do get any, I'll be sure to report the color. Though, it makes me wonder what kinda crappy hardware people run it on in order to get problems they get. People are happy to get new operating systems yet they aren't prepared to upgrade their hardware. (yet, in some cases getting software licences is more expensive than the entire computer itself).

Vista is hated? By.. who? The linux lovin' folk? Yes, you are right. But not many others. Vista is more stable than XP, looks pretty (A $1000 AUD machine (including 22" monitor) will run it great). My dad uses it, and finds it a lot easier to use than XP. He also never turns his machine off, and has never asked me for help with his computer (unlike when he was using XP). A few friends of mine are in IT, one does mostly MS stuff, the other does mostly linux stuff. Both use.. Vista on their home machines.