(June 7, 2009 at 8:20 am)leo-rcc Wrote: The same used to be true for many Windows users, particularly when they switched from win98/ME to 2000/XP, and finally had a stable system. But that novelty wears of quick. People who show uptimes of months just waste a lot of energy for no reason. It doesn't matter what OS they use.
I don't think that was true quite simply because it was a form of behaviour (of boasting if you like) that only appeared to be associated with Linux user's ... what's more I don't think it was specifically recognised as (environmentally) bad behaviour, I think they were just out to hype their cherished OS.
Kyu
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