[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]Hmm.. lose Windows in favor of DirectX 10 and 11 on linux? IT'S MICROSOFT'S API! Microsoft isn't going to just make an API so people can reap it's benefits in Linux.[/citation]
As I understand it, and I may be wrong, but MS doesn't have a choice. APIs can't be patented. The implementation on the other hand may have patentable components. That's why Wine developers have steered clear of re-implementing the same API features and why it's difficult to get many games working through Wine.
[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]If EVERYONE is just gonna migrate to Linux, they will stop developing it. It'll never happen.[/citation]
People will not just up and leave Windows. i dare say a number of people here who are saying that they will ditch Windows just as soon as they can run games on Linux will come crying back to Windows within a couple of hours.
Linux is not Windows, and requires a different way of thinking and doing things. It is
fundamentally different to Windows.
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]Funny .. the windows guys accept the linux guys with ease and look at them with indifference[/citation]
I beg to differ, and I'm a "windows guy" (actually I use and appreciate both, but use Windows more often at the moment) There are alot of arrogant Windows fanboys who, firstly, don't have much of an understanding about their
own operating system, and secondly don't have a clue about Linux either, but pretend that they do. You appear to be one of these people, but it's a very big group so don't feel too bad.
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom] .. but the linux looks so full of itself .. oh gosh how bad windows is, let`s kill the big bad wolf, they charge us money for the OS.. (well shoot the clerk that seels you bread at the local store for charing you money for it).[/citation]
See now this is a very common statement by somebody who doesn't understand the concept of libre software. Not all Linux users have an issue with the price of anything (except that they can fulfil their needs without cost).
You can sell Linux distros that are freely downloadable and you are not discouraged from doing so. FOSS is about free as in freedom, not free beer. I'm sure you've heard that said ad nauseum, but you obviously still don't understand it.
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]there are loads of ppl like me that are very pleased with their windows and will never even look at a linux platform.[/citation]
Then why on earth are you trying to make an argument about Linux or Linux users if you've never even looked at it? Obviously you are pleased with what you have. You've never used anything else to know if you're using the right tool for the job (OSs are just tools after all, and you should always use the best tool for you, not for someone else)
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]And i find it extremely funny how linux tries to be a windows[/citation]
This is probably the most ignorant statement in your entire post and shows your complete and utter lack of understanding.
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]i mean ok let`s dump the command line installers[/citation]
Most distributions do not use a pure command line for installing the base system, but many still use a text-based installer. Further configuration is often entirely on the command-line. Ever tried Arch Linux? Debian Testing perhaps? OH no, you haven't even looked at Linux, I forgot.
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]let`s do it more user friendly like windows has[/citation]
"User friendly" is a term used interchangeably with "what I'm used to" and therefore Windows is only user friendly because it is what you are used to. "User friendly" is probably one of the most meaningless terms ever created to discuss a user interface design. There are billions of potential users. Which user do you refer to when you say "user friendly"? Which user is the interface being friendly to? Me? You? A systems administrator? A 90-year-old woman in a nursing home?
[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]let`s make the menus look more like windows for users to transition with ease[/citation]
I haven't really seen any major distribution that looks like Windows. But even if there was one, how at all does this represent the goals of "Linux" (which is, at its most broad definition, simply the kernel and GNU toolchain). Did Windows copy the X Window System (which Linux distros typically use) which pre-dated it? After all, Windows is a late comer to the GUI arena.
In case you missed the link I posted earlier, I'll provide it again:
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
That article is 5-6 years old, and yet amazingly the dead horse still gets beaten to a pulp with the same old arguments from the same people who have no idea about anything outside of their Zone of Familiarity.