March 6, 2007
VS. 
microsoft and linux os are both familiar to us especially to those who are into info tech and computer and gadgets.
honestly,i am also familiar to this but i don’t really have much knowledge on this so,i have researched about this things.and according to the url (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux) that i have found,it says that microsoft windows and linux os are both major competing computer operating system.
windows is the most prominent os under propriety software licenses while linux is the most prominent os under free software licenses.which means that windows is released as closed source fashion and linux as almost always an open source fashion.they both compete for user base in the personal computer market as well as server market.though they are both used in many ways like in offices,schools,homes and other establishments.
when you compare windows and linux according to installation,generally windows is easy to install as well as linux.however,varies greatly in distribution.when it comes to accessiblity and usability,though i really wasn’t able to relate,i have understood that linux is more designed for professionals compared to windows though all source code of linux is freely available for modification.talking about their programs,they both have different style,but i think that linux is more complicated than windows maybe because i haven’t encountered this os yet.and finally to their security,it is being proven that windows has more propagated viruses than linux though there were also viruses for linux but none have really successfully propagated.so all windows are advisable to install and run anti-virus programs.in spyware and malware,windows has over 11,000 malware programs surfaced in 2005 alone while linux with only 800 were witnessed.user accounts-windows,except for vista,users typically run as administrator,allowing malicious programs full control over the system and linux users typically run as limited accounts,preventing malicious programs from gaining total control of the system.
so through this research,i have come to conclude that the expensive price of the linux os is really very reasonable because of its programs and designs which is really very qualitative.and that windows are commonly used because majority are already used to the windows features.
