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Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote: 

> Peter Huebner <p.w.h...@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> I find it easier to not install windows 10. 
>>
>> I see the sheep flocking to it though. I think I'll give up gaming or 
>> run things (that will run) under Linux before I put that giant bit of
>> spyware on my box. It's like the Microsoft Borg: All your computers 
>> is belong to us.  No. Piss off. 

Microsoft are/is no longer a Borg. And it's under extreme pressure from 
ultraportable PCs. That is to me obviously why it's giving away Windows 
10. It's not just trying to monopolize that market, it's feeling 
backward pressure from that market. Apple's iPhone revenue alone is more
than all of Microsoft's revenue combined. And then there's Android. And
Chromebooks. 

> Sorry, but you seem to have succumbed to the tin foil hat theorists. 

Microsoft would if it could. 

> With only a few seconds spent customizing the privacy settings on 
> install 

Currently I turn every one of them off. 

> Don't hold your breath for Linux to become a valid gaming or desktop 
> OS option.  I was telling people that 22 years ago, and every year 
> since, and it has never been more true than right now. 

When I first got on the Internet, two guys were discussing Linux. One of
them said it's the Holy Grail of operating systems. Still is. It's so 
incredibly irritating (and they know it) when asking a serious question 
about games or other software (like speech recognition) and they say "no 
problem". Some Linux Lunatics are so incredibly full of it it's 
unbelievable. Obviously Linux is good for some things, but any real 
computer user knows that what matters is whether the OS runs the 
applications you need.