[mythtv-users] why you use myth...like myth, or hate Microsoft

[Bill Williamson]

n Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
<steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:
>
>
> This is somewhat of a poll question. I'm just curious to see what peoples'
> answers are.
>
> I have seen so much hatred among linux users against microsoft (and rarely
> against Apple, who to me seems worse). Some of the complaints I understand
> and sometimes agree with, but sometimes it seems that linux people have real
> hatred towards Microsoft...like really really bad hatred.
>
> So i'm wondering...why did you start to use myth...
>
> 1. was it because you heard about myth, so you learned to use linux so you
> could run myth,
> 2. was it because you like linux so you then went and used myth,
> 3. or was it because you don't like microsoft, so that's why you're in
> linux, and hence, why you chose myth?
>
> I'm a 1-er myself. I like that myth gives me the customization I like and
> that I can add frontends to it which microsoft mce doesn't let you do as far
> as i know. So i've learned quite a bit about linux during this myth
> process...still a work in progress.
>


I work a 100% microsoft job (C# developer and sharepoint architect).
I like microsoft, especially in the enterprise.

However, Media Center is a big piece of crap.  Vista made it actually
stable, but it still can't handle simple things like DVB-S without
hacking and doesn't REALLY support a client-server model.

It's the same reason I run linux on my backend HOME server... what
would I gain by using server 2003?  At work, where we manage 5000
accounts and 7000 desktops, yes, MS all the way!  But at my home, or a
small/medium business with 40 people??? No.