D vs Java

[Georg Wrede]

Brad Anderson wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote: It's almost too bad, as I'm still hoping for an
> undeniable
> 
>> reason to drop Windows for an alternative OS ;-)
> 
> So do it anyway, like I did, and many others.  It's the little things
> that hit you daily - cumulatively, they won't let you go back to
> Windows.

Right!

Consider, on the one hand, an OS that's from the beginning made just to 
get everybody's money. And only that. ("We're writing stuff 'for them'!")

And on the other hand, an OS made _by_ the users, _for_ the users. And 
on top of that, based on Unix, which _from_the_start_ was an OS for 
software development. And for the able user and not "for the masses".

Oughtta be a no-brainer.

Not to mention licences, payments, and all that crap.

Except that, today Linux is not an Alternative OS.