By Richard Thurston
Published: Wednesday 21 February 2007
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quote: "I challenge you to give me an example of something you claim can only be done in Windows, and not Linux...
You would loose the challenge."
Although I use Linux too and love it, that statement obviously says you don't have much idea about the commercial use of Windows in large industrial applications.
For example, assuming you had an EPROM programmer (a real commercially manufactured one, not some cheap home-made backyard job), try getting that to work under Linux NATIVELY (i.e. WITHOUT using Wine etc.)
You WILL loose that challenge.
Want more examples?
Read this......
http://www.mameworld.net/gurudumps/guruvslinux.html
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