Well, why not? No one forces you to go through the six-monthly agony of updating to what is, essentially, an experimental version. I'm quite happy sticking with the stable LTS version and upgrading every 2 years, and even then only after the new LTS has been available for 3 months or so, the bugs have been fixed and the whining has died down.

There is no latin plural of virus (it's a singularitantum meaning slime or poison), so you can make up your own.

Since we're writing in English, follow the English convention of adding an 's' to the end of the word (or, since virus already ends in 's', add 'es'). Viruses. Simple.

Microsoft Windows is everyone's first choice as an OEM system install.

It isn't a "choice", it's a lack of choice.

It is a strong seller retail boxed. It is pirated everywhere and outperforms Linux in the thieves markets and bazaars of the third world

Try not to be a moron. No one needs to 'pirate' linux. It's free.

Microsoft Windows is not crap. It is not a hell for its users. 1 to1.5 billion users world-wide

this is your opinion. Most users DO NOT KNOW that there are alternatives, let alone how much less hellish the alternatives are.

It makes no concessions whatever to the FOSS zealot's notion of ideological purity or political correctness

Non sequitur. Look it up.

MS Office Home. Paint Shop Pro. Inkscape. Irfanview. Scribus. Microsoft Security Essentials. IE 9 and IE 10 Platform Preview

Either these are available natively on linux (Inkscape, Scribus), or alternatives are available. And the rest of your rant is of similar quality. Why bother to post if you haven't the first idea of what you are talking about?

The real question is, will it be worthwhile if some/all the employees have to learn to use a different OS all over again?

Oh, please. anyone who takes more than 5 minutes to "learn to use" linux via the menu gnome menus shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer in the first place.

I've found Facebook has the opposite effect (lower self esteem)

Me too. My dog has more friends than I do.

At the end of the day they are more concerned in who is paying their fee's and not how it effects the public. -- Attention... all grammer nazi"s! Is they're anything; wrong with: my post,

Yes, it's fees, not fee's.

Less earthquakes too.

You mean fewer earthquakes.

O.J.?

Orange juice?

If I can't, without a manual, install program X onto my computer in 3-6 clicks, it's too hard.

You should love synaptic--you can install with 2 clicks.

"Oh just use the package manager" No. I want to go to their website and click the fucking download button. Then I want to open that downloaded file. Then I want it to install. Anything else is unacceptable for a typical user.

The package manager is how it's done in Linux. If you want to do it your way instead of using the tools that were designed to make it easy for you, then don't be surprised if it's more complicated than you'd like. To use any computer you have to bring a smidgeon of intelligence to bear.

extra's

extras

virii

viruses please. And octopuses, platypuses etc.