John M. Drescher wrote:
1. Every single package is in single update manager / installer. I do not need 50 tool bar icons running to notify me that application X has a new update.
Nor do I. There are freeware apps for Windows that do exactly what you say, but, being Windows apps, they're a lot more configurable and friendly.
John M. Drescher wrote:
2. Performance never degrades over time. I have 64 bit systems running 24/7/365 that I installed 1 time in 2004 and they are still running fine.
The only time I turn my boxes off is when software has been updated (and that's usually because I was too lazy to close everything before updating).
John M. Drescher wrote:
3. Cloning a machine is extremely easy and you generally do not even have to have the same hardware on the new machine.
I tend to use migration to a new box as a chance to clean out all the stuff I've installed but don't use, and/or to use a different OS, so cloning isn't an advantage. 4. Software raid (1, 5,6 ...) works efficiently ... But not as well as hardware raid.
John M. Drescher wrote:
5. There is absolutely no need for anti-spyware or antivirus applications. All applications are installed from the official sources and are digitally signed to prevent tampering with.
Ah, so the only place that viruses come from is from the producers of applications -- not from e-mail, web-pages, etc. I'll have to remember that.
John M. Drescher wrote:
Also users generally do not log in with privileges that allow them to install or touch any part of the system that can cause harm.
Ha! That's a LOL! Windows users are so used to not having to enter their username and password every five minutes (as you have to on Unix/Linux) that they get crazy about having to click a button for the UAC! And it's a nightmare to install Kerberos on Linux; it's pre-installed on Windows.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
