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Really, that's funny. I used to be a hardcore MS-basher. Spending time on FR around the Macheads and the Harr's is what changed my tune. The more of their ravings I read the more I started to question the sanity of defacto hatred of MS. Since that reconsideration I've decided that MS isn't the best company on the planet, they play orugh and sometimes even illegal, and their software has issues, but overall they aren't too bad and their stuff doesn't suck half as bad as the bashers say it does.

I hear you. And don't expect me to sling arrows at you for this opinion, either.

The way I see it, whatever works for you is what you should use. That's how I operate.

Hey, I'm just wondering... I've seen no posts on FR about the hidden costs of switching everyone from Windows/Office over to Linux/Star (most costs incurred by expensive to keep and difficult to work with open source training/support professionals).

I've seen few words on FR about the Alexis de Tocqueville Foundation's study correctly noting that it's difficult to characterize Linux and other open source software as inherently more secure since anyone and everyone can look at the source code.

I have seen a lot of conspiracy theories about all the illegal behind-the-scenes Micro$oft does, but I've never seen anything paranoid regarding open source software (like the idea that since open source software "powers" the Internet, a left wing group of anarchists could use that code to write a crippling virus that destroys all Internet communication and commerce in protest of globalization - which is much more plausible that Micro$oft sabotaging Real Player by including Windows Media Player bundled in the OS).

I'm just throwing that out for everyone.