Poor old Inkscape ignited the flame of this intellectual war of two _worlds_ (Platforms); that is now going on a roller coaster ride and in some time, the warriors would totally forget why the war started but still keep fighting! :D

I don;t think this is fight. Everybody is presenting their thoughts, their research. And thats good to for getting knowledge also.

Ahem, coming to the point, shouldn't we rather channelise our energies towards making *all* these prominent platforms work together seamlessly, at least pointing to ways to achieve that objective? Well no matter how hard every linuxer tries, every computer user on earth won't shift to Linux!! Well I love my GNU box but to be frank I used Windoze without a single glitch since the last 4 yrs! Not a single reformat, reinstall, "virus epidemic" or any destructive maintenance operation for that matter! And I believe it will always be the same for my Linux box unless i remain utterly careless and ignorant about its functioning. So, thats the point. If well maintained, both these systems work to satisfactory level of efficiency.

I think you are the luckiest person on the earth, who had no issues in windows.... :)

But here point is how much you are paying for windows and for linux. How much you are paying for support on windows and support on Linux..... Can you tell me what is happening in background of windows ? what is boot process for windows ? Yes Linux explores you the fundas of operating systems, networks...

It not only shows but give you freedom of modifying itself as per your requirement.. That windows never give you... :)