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> It's really that simple. Until people stop buying Windows, this will never change As simple as halting climate collapse by 'people' greatly reducing their ca
by crispinb 8y ago
> It's really that simple. Until people stop buying Windows, this will never change
As simple as halting climate collapse by 'people' greatly reducing their car & electricity usage. Then lets stop war by 'people' refusing to fight or manufacture arms.
Much would be simple if there existed a decision-making unit we could label 'people'.
- bsder 8y agoThe Microsoft is doing exactly what they should be doing--extracting money from people who will simply refuse to move. Look, I do a lot of embedded work. And that's about as Windows-y as it gets with drivers and tools. And, yes, I have more than a few virtual machines with Windows. However, I can minimize the amount I use Windows outside that arena. Linux with a Windows VM when you absolutely need it is a solid choice. OS X with a Windows VM when you absolutely need it is also a solid choice. Funny you should mention climate change. Cutting down on your "Windows footprint" is like cutting down on your "carbon footprint". 100% is never achieved in one jump--it is a gradual process. And, quite often, benefits appear much sooner than you expect. (Less Windows means less ransomware exposure, for example)
- crispinb 8y agoIt can be fairly simple for many individual persons to not use Windows, that's hardly in dispute. But any sentence starting with "X would be easy if people [or 'everyone'] did Y .. ", directly entails "X is difficult".