Christian Betz on Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:31:55 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Re: At the risk of getting flamed to my dying day...


 
> Ok, this is probably going to make me look really bad but I think a
> better analogy to this whole OS thing is probably the ever present quest
> for a high. To me windows reminds me of a narcotic. It feels good and in
> the short term you have fun. Ultimately its expensive in more ways than
> just money. Unix on the otherhand reminds me of an endorphin high. You
> have to work for it, there's a little pain involved, and you wind up
> better off for it in the long run. Windows is a 'quick fix' or an 'easy
> out'. Unix is more of a 'commitment' or a 'workout'.

Hey, don't give drugs a bad name now.

~Xtian


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