What is the “it” that you think got left behind?

You’re taking about bringing a man of control and order into that den of chaos and goblinry? I don’t think Alec would enjoy it.

They are probably scanning for the binary file executable.

I work in Java almost every day, and I’ve never once thought it looked like porn.xml

They’re just being a coffee snob. A coffee enjoyer knows that good coffee can be made in many different ways, as long as you have good beans and a decent grinder. French press can make excellent coffee, even if it’s not my preferred method.

Snobs just enjoy proving that they’re better.

Dropping the Windows tax means being able to offer computers for cheaper prices, which is attractive to consumers. Several companies are offering Linux these days.

Linux is still not ready for mainstream consumers

Jorge Castro of Universal Blue likes to say that the average person doesn’t install operating systems, and I fully agree with him.

People rock what comes installed on their computer. Anyone who installs an OS them self is not an average user.

I think we’ll see the average user start to choose Linux as more and more manufacturers ditch the Windows tax and ship computers with Linux.