Microsoft Challenges Linux's Legacy Claims 618
Michael writes "Microsoft Corp.'s Linux and open-source lab on the Redmond campus has been running some interesting tests of late, one of which was looking at how well the latest Windows client software runs on legacy hardware in comparison to its Linux competitors. The tests, which found that Windows performed as well as Linux on legacy hardware when installed and run out-of-the-box, were done in part to give Microsoft the data it needed to effectively 'put to rest the myth that Linux can run on anything.'"
So guys (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, right (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lets all get defensive and moan (Score:1, Funny)
Why post this crap? (Score:3, Funny)
It's below a non-story.
Hey, can I be next? (Score:5, Funny)
No seriously. I want it. And a end to run on sentences....
Re:The Study didn't prove that at all (Score:5, Funny)
The myth they were actually trying to disprove is that Windows doesn't run on old hardware.
It isn't a myth: Windows doesn't run on a 486, it walks.
Re:Wow, great news.... (Score:2, Funny)
Uh... (Score:2, Funny)
Toastworthy Computing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Come back (Score:2, Funny)
Because that's what I've heard the stability and hardware support is like for Win x64... just hearsay, since I'm not going to touch it, of course.
Re:Come back (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Come back (Score:4, Funny)
Well, don't you think that comparison would be a tad unfair? I mean after all, doesn't Debian stable date from about 1997?
(Ducking and running)
Re:Come back (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Come back (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Come back (Score:3, Funny)
Forget it, that was a German dude