This is my item in response to Jason Perlow's article for ZDNet entitled, "Windows Malware: The final straw that broke the penguin's back"   see http://is.gd/bID1k 

I agree that Ubuntu is far superior to Windows and Mac.

However, Jason's case is NOT "...just the reaction of one man to  malware" ...as one commenter stated.

Millions of us have abandoned the crapware of Windows and Mac.... and joined the bliss of Ubuntu. And more and more of us are doing so every day.

Ubuntu is so much easier to use than any version of Windows of Mac has ever been.

Ubuntu has far fewer hardware driver issues than any version of Windows or Mac ever has... when used on the zillions of different hardware platform combinations that exist out there.

We have been proudly Microsoft-free and Apple-free for several years now. We have no need to even run Windows in a virtual machine.

The new 10.04 version of Ubuntu even does MORE than iTunes does for iPod and iPhone users. Music can be easily copied TO and FROM the iPod or iPhone with drag and drop ease -- something iTunes software still refuses to do.  ( Of course, even though we all have iPhones, we use Android Linux phones now, like the Droid, Nexus One, and soon... the HTC Incredible. )

We love Ubuntu so much that I even started a business installing Ubuntu for the "people who can barely use a mouse" crowd. They absolutely love it! I give them unlimited tech support too... but they rarely ever need any help!

Bruce Wagner
http://bredtech.com
646-719-9000