Nobody needs Instagram, Facebook of Twitter apps

If the world lost such apps, it would be just that litter bit nicer to live in I think.

People who run servers often have some idea of the ping time to them. I know the ping time to my servers from home even though I can't react at super-human speeds, catch bullets in my teeth, fire lasers from my eyes, or anything of that nature.

Wait... you can't do those things? And you call yourself a system admin? Tisk, tisk, tisk,

*raises hand*

It's $20 for a perpetual license and I had the money. *shrug*

I should probably ask, what's wrong with modern versions of Winamp? It's my premier player in Windows because it's brimming with functionality, various bits of which I do use from time to time.

The problem is the mentality that something is only worth doing if it makes you feel better right now. This "solution" only makes things worse. It's like a parent trying to get compliance by bribing their toddler with candy.

I'd like to connect your quote with something another commenter said:

Why do we object so strongly to the idea of teaching children the value of deferred please; that hard work and effort now can produce greater rewards down the line?

Both of you have the same concern as I do - that as a society we only seem to be interested in short-term efforts if they bring immediate rewards (with the exception of perhaps college, but only because so many people have to these days to get a half-decent job it seems). Long-term investment in time and effort is seen as a waste because the payoff might take quite a while to eventuate... and the problem is that not only is this true, it's also not guaranteed that a payoff will even eventuate after all that work.

Short-term effort shows the results reasonably quickly, good or bad. Long-term effort is a difficult thing to justify in our busy lives, so many people avoid it, whether that be consistent exercise, working on a hobby that will take months to produce something half-decent, or indeed, building any skills that aren't strictly necessary to survive.

I obviously survived

Let's not jump to conclusions. You might just be a ghost.

Exactly, and that's the reason I didn't mention cost in the list of benefits - while free stuff is obviously an incentive, in my case it's not because it's free, but because the product you end up with is overall better than what you'd find using legal alternatives.

If you've been pirating TV shows for so long and have become accustomed to its benefits (no ads, offline watching at any time and not just when aired/networked, encoded in cross-platform, DRM free formats for easy transfer to multiple devices, etc), it's very hard to go back to traditional methods of watching TV shows.

Whatever. Marketshare has shown you're very much alone even after all this time and with the advantage of being completely free. Maybe it's time to consider if your life has been based on a lie. A painful and shocking revelation I understand... which is why so many Linux fanboys prefer to keep believing that which is not true. The reality is too much to bear.

but still hasn't succeeded in making the difficult easy

I'll meet you half-way and suggest that in Windows, it's easier to get something going initially, but in Linux it's easier to make detailed and significant changes later on.

As for Windows admins wishing they had Linux, I've met a few Win admins and they generally consider interest in Linux to be something of a "phase", one which you grow out once you gain enough experience at what actually happens in corporate setup and why Exchange is so widely used (hint: it's fucking awesome how much capability it provides compared to a scattering of similar tools and services in Linux).

It's really weird how Windows on the desktop has always reigned supreme and Linux could never make any head-way, but now it's Linux (in a form) which is co-dominating on mobile devices and Windows which can't make any head-way. Quite a weird reversal of fortunes. Also somewhat satisfying from a karmic point of view.

Technology changes a lot in 9 years. 9 years ago I honestly though Linux was superior to Windows on a technical level, at least for desktop purposes. Now, I'm quite convinced of the opposite.

You basically just admitted that Linux boxes are harder to administer than Windows servers. This makes Linux servers much less appealing for companies when you can find Windows server admins for a dime a dozen, but Linux admins are harder to find and generally cost a lot more.

People arenâ(TM)t stupid

BB guns, knives on sticks

20 people were injured

Apparently they are.

And what is its one intended use? Email? Outlook does more than just email. I'd list all the other features like calendering and how well it works when integrated properly into Exchange, but it's starting to sound (for the millionth) time like someone wants to bash a Microsoft product without using it. No wonder Slashdot isn't taken seriously anymore.