Their pocketbooks were morons for three generations, too.

A generation seems very generous. The only path back to US hegemony I see is Fascism: we’ve burned our bridges and I don’t think the world will be willing to work with us for a long time. But I don’t even think the current batch are interested in US hegemony.

worth exactly a much as you paid for it.

It’s mostly right, though. Except that a platform often comes with best practices that can be easier to follow for things that need to be updated quickly, like security.

Of course we are. Hope that clears it up.

There’s little reason to think you’ll need to. Most anything you’ll want to do you can use Linux native apps

Thanks. This helps for thinking about it.

How much could performance even improve?