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Originally posted by: Bossk
So maybe Windows is stable (I've got 2000 on my PC at work and I do like it; much better, in fact, than any previous version of Windows I've ever used), but why are these people straying away from it? The entire Brazilian government?!? C'mon. What does that say?

Uh, that we are running out of money?

Nah too obvious.

OK, here's why Microsoft products are bad:

They have to sell software for two kinds of people. There's the companies who own huge multi-processed servers, and there's the regular pc user, people who use computers at home to play games, listen to music, maybe write some spreadsheets. So, they gotta sell two different OS versions, and both must have the same look and feel. Now, they can't sell only one OS at the same price: if they sell it too low, they'll bakrupt. If they sell it too high, home computer users will migrate to linux and mac. So, you create two versions, but how can you justify to some company with a server NOT to buy a windows98, but to buy an expensive win2003 server license? Well, you make sure the SERVER version is stable (and it is), and make sure the home version is BUGGY and slow and crappy. Get it?

Also, as it has been said, people using computers often do not know what they are doing (like, using CD drive as cup holder and such). These people will mess up with regedit and complain their computer doesn't work.

And about security, well, windows based PCs are often hack targets because hackers hate microsoft. You can exploit security problems in a unix and a mac if you want to.

And finally, the x86 processor family is getting old. The pentium processor is based on this +30 year old processor architecture. I mean, Intel has recently reached the freaking light speed limit for their next processor (they can't get to 4ghz)... What we need is a next generation processor, 128-bit RISC...