Nothing Sucks Viewers Out of the Woodwork Like an OS Religious War

Link: Technology Review: Vista vs. OSX?.

"In early January, we posted a review of Vista, Microsoft's new operating system. Written by senior editor Erika Jonietz, the piece first appeared in the January/February 2007 issue of our magazine. In the piece, Jonietz described her disappointment with the company's new software–and confessed to having crossed that clearest of lines in the cultural sand: she went from being a Windows user to being a Mac user.

"The piece is the most widely read story we have ever posted on our site; it continues to be viewed by thousands of people every day. Clearly, it struck a chord with a lot of our readers. In response to that reception, we're encouraging readers to share their thoughts with one another about the look and feel of Vista and Mac's OS X...."

(((TECHNOLOGY REVIEW covers most every conceivable technology, and THIS is their most-read piece ever? Like it's news that Mac guys are argumentative? And wait till the Linux characters start horning in... There's something goofy about TECHNOLOGY REVIEW having to host an OS flamewar to drag in traffic, it's like watching a Museum of Modern Art hang out a hand-scrawled sign that reads FREE BEER.)))