Have you?
Interesting article and interesting comments but have any of you actually tried Microsoft Unix?
Yes, there is a version for Windows! And "Yes" I have tried it, an "No" I didn't like it!
Every OS has differences, developers are only human beings after all, Windows is nasty, but there influence inside the Open Source sphere can be equally as nasty.
Gnome as a desktop reflects in my view a desktop going nasty, gone is the functionality and simplicity of your Window manager, the minute you start installing crap like Java-scripting hosts and nifty panels that are going to eat all the system resources thereby slowing down your workstation - causing the CPU to struggle simply from trying to display your desktop on what back in the day was considered to be adequate memory.
Oracle used to get the desktop balance right with lightweight window managers like the "Common Desktop Environment", it would be nice to see a resurgence of 'alternative' Window managers other than simply X11 and Gnome.
Even Blackberry QNX has it's own unique Window manager called "Nautilus"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
