Comment Re:Lighter weight XP??? (Score 1) 397
uh, yeah. If I want to use ubuntu, or BSD or Whatever... I can. That's what great about having a choice. MY choice is to use Windows, like the other 90% of the world. In fact, I quite like the new build.
I can afford a copy of Windows 7, and have already ordered it. If I couldn't, there's always the less-than-legal ways of getting it. How's THAT for giving access to everyone? In a country where 2/3 of the population has a computer at home, I'm not sure that going FOSS would make that much difference in access. Anyone here who doesn't have a computer, probably doesn't want one, or at least has access to one if they need it. My PHONE isn't FOSS, and IT can check my email and smurf the internets..
You holier-than-thou 'EVERYONE needs to use open source' nutcases are the reason I don't. That and the few ubuntu boxes I've put together are collecting dust because they just don't work right, after weeks of tweaking and patching... All I wanted was to play starcraft, and a modern machine couldn't even do that at higher than