Comments on: I like Microsoft Vista http://www.paulmellors.net/2008/12/i-like-microsoft-vista Paul Mellors's Blog / Tech News Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:48:07 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alex http://www.paulmellors.net/2008/12/i-like-microsoft-vista/comment-page-1#comment-718 Alex Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:31:04 +0000 http://www.paulmellors.net/?p=187#comment-718 Well I'm not 'anti' Linux. As a platform though it just doesn't have the application support required for the desktop. Being able the switch to Linux whilst you would've been using Photoshop in Windows suggests you didn't need Photoshop in the first place. I've yet to find anything close to the Photoshop/Lightroom combo I use (The nearest equivalent apps being PSP and Aperture - Ironic they run on different platforms eh?). Don't forget the costs to business in using free applications as well. Costs? Yes, cost of downtime finding solutions when things go wrong and the cost of training and learning different applications. I for one will be sticking with Windows with an ever watchful eye on OSX. Linux? Well until Adobe decide it is worth supporting or somebody knocks them off the top spot for the applications I use (mainly Photoshop/Lightroom/Dreamweaver/Flash) then it doesn't even get a glance Well I’m not ‘anti’ Linux. As a platform though it just doesn’t have the application support required for the desktop.

Being able the switch to Linux whilst you would’ve been using Photoshop in Windows suggests you didn’t need Photoshop in the first place. I’ve yet to find anything close to the Photoshop/Lightroom combo I use (The nearest equivalent apps being PSP and Aperture – Ironic they run on different platforms eh?).

Don’t forget the costs to business in using free applications as well. Costs? Yes, cost of downtime finding solutions when things go wrong and the cost of training and learning different applications.

I for one will be sticking with Windows with an ever watchful eye on OSX. Linux? Well until Adobe decide it is worth supporting or somebody knocks them off the top spot for the applications I use (mainly Photoshop/Lightroom/Dreamweaver/Flash) then it doesn’t even get a glance

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