there were several ignorant comments in the OP, i have a burning need to address 4 of them: * There is lack of service with open source tools, where on the oth

there were several ignorant comments in the OP, i have a burning need to address 4 of them: * There is lack of service with open source tools, where on the other hand Microsoft guarantees if you purchase a licensed copy. i've never had a good experience with just about anyone's tech support. MS has been one of the worst. * Ok let us assume windows is not secure, but what have you achieved by your OS being secure? Security isn’t an issue unless you are deploying a server based OS! Are you aware of the efforts gone in developing a virus? Do you know it’s all the hackers who started linux revolution? Ah, ok. I'll let everyone know that all those supposedly nasty things that can be done with a hacked PC aren't actually important ( http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/the_scrap_value_of_a_hacked_pc.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/the_scr... ). And I simply love the 'its the crooks who started linux' vibe to the last sentence. * You any ways will not be able to survive without windows, and you will be having a copy of windows with you – how much did you pay to obtain that copy? that is a matter of market share. many people can survive without windows. if i wasnt doing wed dev where i needed to test in windows, i would have almost an entire lifetime of productive, windows free computing under my belt. alas, i do do web dev so every now and then i need to fire up a windows install that has ie7 or one that has ie8 and test. * If Microsoft’s that bad company, why haven’t any of the stalwarts able to bring them to their heels? Why is still the best talent in the world getting to that company? Why was the open source company Sun Microsystems not able to sustain the market if the open source community is so strong! i think a number of people would take issue with calling Sun an 'open source company'. It hasn't exactly been embraced by the larger open source community. And when did he setup the open source community as strong? Is this a might makes right argument? MS Windows is strong with the force, using something else is wrong. You must use that which is strong? He who is week today can be strong tomorrow. The history of India's independence movement demonstrates that nicely.