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Originally Posted by grimey121uk
User wants to make a webpage, oh wait he's only got notepad, guess what he needs to buy more software.
User wants to view a PDF, oh wait he needs to download adobe, more slow ass software to download.
You can say as much as you like about windows but critical back end system, banks etc all use unix, If you had 15 years supporting unix system I may be more inclined to listen to you  |
Now I have a bit more time...
Webpage: Notepad IS all you need, ok so I would install VIM for Windows to be honest.
PDF: At the rate that Adobe changes Acrobat Reader I bet the OSX user will be downloading a new version out of the box anyway. Also all the laptops I have had to commission for work lately have come with Reader pre-installed.
Oh and yes I have ben using Unix/Linux for about that long.
The other thing to consider is that Microsoft are stopped from shipping better than basic versions of software that they make due to anti-trust cases.