I wasn’t really planning on posting anything about my experiences with Windows 7, and I definitely would NEVER deliberately compare it with any Linux distro, for that matter. Well, not anymore. Okay, I’m going to try VERY HARD not to. But a recent article that leaked screenshots of Microsoft’s training course that essentially disses Linux and attempts to brainwash the trainee into believing Microsoft’s Windows 7 is the be-all end-all of operating systems just bites.

Yes, I have previously compared Vista and Linux, particularly Ubuntu, regarding UI and aesthetics, but upon using Windows 7, there really is no point in comparing the two operating systems. It’s like comparing apples (yeah, THAT too) and oranges.

What I can say about Windows 7, though, is that it has definitely matured enough to address a lot of customer concerns, matured enough that I can say it is the best and most praise-worthy operating system out of the Redmond giant. Borking it is as easy as repairing it. Literally. I borked my install a few days after a clean-install, and a few more times after that, and I repaired it in a matter of minutes also.

But to see this FUD being officially and professionally spread by Microsoft is just despicable. Those recent contributions to Open Source is, simply put, just marketing tactics.

However, I am not going to ditch Windows 7 because of this silly nonsense. Yeah, Windows 7 is just that great, because it just works. Like Ubuntu. But I’m still holding on to the install CD of Ubuntu, just in case.

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