> Maybe I am missing something here but, it would seem that most of the  people
> that are looking at or using Linux are some of us technical types.

Agreed. There was a recent gathering of information about computers at
Penn State where Linux was *very* low on the list. Windows, then Mac.

> It is fun to "re-invent" the wheel sometimes but I have yet to find any of
> my major clients that will even consider using Linux or going back to a UNIX
> type operating system.  They like how Windows seems to work for them.

It depends on the use. I would rather use a Linux server than a Windows
one. On the other hand, I am typing this from a Windows machine (via
SSH to a Linux server).

> Just asking a question here that has been proposed to me by a number  of my
> clients that have seen Linux and wanted to know why someone would, more or
> less, go backwards.

I've been in the computing field for around 30 years. Yes, DOS has grown
up to have a fairly respectable user interface. I use a Windows machine
to do most of my programming on. Some of this programming is then
transferred to a Linux machine.
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