Linux vs Windows XP (Was Stock . . .)

[W. Wayne Liauh]

On the flexibility side, almost every computer manufacturer I know in 
Taiwan (Desktops and Notebooks) has some kind of Linux research projects 
going on (most of them are conducted in China, for its cheap manpower 
cost).  Most of their improvements are geared towards user-friendliness 
(for example, a few of the systems I was shown, they can be rebooted in 
less than 10 seconds).

At the present time, there are two major hold-backs:  (1) no one dares 
to challenge Microsoft, and both Windows and more particularly Linux are 
not comfortably "stablilzed".  But this development is like a time bomb 
waiting to be exploded.