Things are getting interesting over at Christopher Anthony's blog where the title has recently been changed from “Christopher Anthony's Linux Blog“ to “Christopher Anthony's Computing Blog.“

It looks like he's giving Windows a shot. While I don't expect him to actually become a dedicated Windows user any sooner than I'll become a dedicated Linux user, it is nice to see that he's at least making an effort to see what's on the "other side of the fence." Making arguments about things you don't understand (Windows, for example) will just damage your credibility and people won't even care what you have to say about Linux. All in all, I think this is a good move for Christopher because it will strengthen his position no matter what.

We've been emailing back and forth over the past couple days, and it's been odd. One email will be a totally scathing yelling match that's pointing fingers about FUD, while the next will be a perfectly civil exchange about what command line tools a Linux user might like to install on Windows to feel "more at home" (I say CygWin, but that's just one opinion).

I expect the next several weeks to just get more interesting. I'm curious to see how Christopher will approach his experiences with Microsoft tools and technologies - hopefully without the politics. I understand that the politics are important to Christopher, but the question here is what kind of technical merit he'll find in Windows.

Yup. I'm going to be watching. Commenting, too, now that Christopher has turned them on :)