[mdlug] Linux push an economic phenomenon?

[Dan Pritts]

> I've been using Linux on the desktop since 1998, and i don't
> recall it ever being tricky, let alone dicey.

I used it extensively between about 1997 or 1998 and maybe 2005 when I gave up and got a mac.

> And with my first machine, I hadn't even consulted a hardware
> compatibility list before building it -- and EVERYTHING worked.

I wish.

> I've heard of problems, but they primarily come from
> "to-the-grave" MS-fanboys 

That's not me, that's for sure.  

danno