Also the nice thing about Linux is that you don’t have to turn it off before going and turn it back on when you come back, its stable enough to run for a very long time without crashing. In case you’re also taking into account the time that it takes for KDE or Gnome to start, that isn’t boot time for Linux itself since using something like Icewm, XFCE or BackBox can remove that delay. I can’t agree with your statistics, as far as Windows XP goes its faster than Win98 and Linux because it uses multi-threading and the other two don’t but I have used Windows 98 and Linux and the boot speed on Linux was faster, even if only by a little (using a Celeron 466 w/ 128 Mb of ram at the time). If you decide to build up your critical infrastructure on FreeDOS / GNU DOS, prepare to be sued… The SCO Group claims to own the copyrights, patents and trade secrets related to ideas and methods in COMMAND.COM. – Last, but not least: the legal uncertainties. – Beware: the TCO of FreeDOS / GNU DOS is so high because of the painful transition process from MS DOS, and the need to find highly qualified staff with the skills needed in order to properly handle the relative complexity of FreeDOS / GNU DOS. – How about hardware support? Will a consumer be able to simple plug-and-play with their rebadged taiwanese $2 USB-almost-compatible webcam? – Will Wordperfect Corporation/Novell/Corell/Whoever port Wordperfect to FreeDOS / GNU DOS? – Will they produce the strange warning message that DrDOS produced when starting Windows 3.1? You know… they are beginning to build up moment in early adopters who may or may not fulfil specific niche requirements by using them but there are a lot of things to consider like too:
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