Microsoft haters, Mac daddies and Linux lovers

06.11.2008
Now that the elections are finally over, let's focus on something even more contentious -- the holy war over operating systems. I've gotten a lot of responses regarding . Some good, some bad, and some plug-ugly.

Lady Geek took mild umbrage at my joke about Windows 7 being "Vista in garters and a tight sweater."

Garter and tight sweater? Buff up, take off the shirt, oil down, tight pants, now we're talking! That'd make me notice Windows 7. Not all geeks are guys!

She's absolutely right. But every time I read that comment I imagine Steve Ballmer, and then I can't eat for two hours.

One of Cringeville's longtime citizens says he tried to upload his own five-second video offering to Microsoft's marketing gods, but was rebuffed. The "I'm a PC" site said his file format was unsupported.

The format in question: Microsoft's own WMV.