wide margin

Since we've got this extra day off, and we already posted the funniest/most insightful comments of the week yesterday (oh, and because it's a new year!) I thought we'd go with a "Funniest/Most Insightful" post for all of 2011.

Since doing an "editor's choice" here didn't seem to make as much sense (or, rather, would involve digging too far into too many comments), I'm just going to post the top five comments in each category as voted on by you guys in the community.

ZDNet: "I have a confession to make. I use Linux more than I do any other operating system by a wide margin, but I also use a lot of Apple products."

Well, this week, I thought we were going to have another single comment dominate both categories, but it was not to be.

Dark Helmet took the top spot (by a wide margin) on the "insightful" side of things with the following comment concerning the legality of domain seizures by Homeland Security.

It also came in second in the "funniest" category, being narrowly beaten out by another comment, which we'll discuss below.

Cyber Cynic: "Red Hat is the number one Linux company on the planet by a wide margin. Their flagship distribution, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) is great and they have excellent technical support.

That hasn't stopped other companies from trying to ride on their coat-tails..."