Aaron: Taking others to task over a lack of openness? What did I say that gave you that idea? I've just reread all my posts to this thread and fail to see what I said that could have given you this idea.
I have no bias for or against any OS - if I did, I would not have paid for a membership, and I would not call myself a systems administrator. I cut my teeth on PICK, then Eastman Kodak's Interactive Unix, NetWare, Windows, Debian Linux, and will continue to manage systems based on whichever OS my current employer needs me to. I didn't mean to imply anything, that statement came at the end of this sentence: "In my experience, at least in the last 5 years, the Windows tools I use are all stable, all work and all do what I need. Why settle for less?" Why would I choose to continue to use any tool that wasn't stable? This was in response to the direction the thread seemed to be taking, with folks talking about fixing buggy code. If I'm paying for an application, it should work or have excellent support that gets it working because it's their responsibility. Most Windows applications are precompiled, and not code that can be popped up in notepad or vim, and so I asked the question... why would I settle for less than a stable application? Mike On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Aaron McCaleb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 20:13, Michael Ryder <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my experience, at least in the last 5 years, the Windows tools I use > are > > all stable, all work and all do what I need. Why settle for less? > > Michael, > > For someone who seems to be taking others to task over a lack of > openness, you aren't presenting a very good case for openness, > yourself. For instance, what are you implying is "settling for less" > than using the "stable" GUI Windows tools? > > It's not my intent to start a fight. But if you want the rest of the > community to explore what you perceive to be their bias, we should > certainly explore your bias, as well. > > --Aaron > -- http://www.lostinthedetails.com
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