Give it a rest already! Why does every Windows discussion have to morph into a Linux advocacy battle?
ye 03/21/2007 06:16 PM Flag • No kidding! This guy has a serious question! He needs to downgrade a Vista machine to XP! He knows it can be done, it’s Microsoft’s policy apparently, but Microsoft pushed Vista so hard and fast on the OEMs, that in one month, the solid, stable OS system builders have come to rely on has all but evaporated! I’m in the same boat! Do you know how frustrating it is searching Google and coming up empty for an answer to such a simple question?! Sorry, I can’t go to Linux, it don’t have the driver to run my National Instruments DAQ card, and you can’t run .NET programming on it; so in my world, Linux is trash and not worth millions in software reprogramming efforts to move to. So before you speak up with some witty “switch to Linux idiot” comment and inadvertently make your precious OS seem like it’s only used by immature kids with nothing better to do than insult people on forums and blogs, consider the fact that all you’re doing is taking Linux one more step d
