Hi list, Here is an interesting article from Linux Journal which many us would relate to one way or other .
Some excerpts from the artilce : I am a Linux geek. There I said it. Actually, I am kind of proud of being a Linux geek. I slogged through the bad old days to get here. It seems like every day something new shows up that makes me glad that I chose Linux as my tool of choice. My life changed in my senior year of college. I came back from study abroad and got introduced to a life long friend. I ended up joining a small company that he had started. The goal was to build software. Right out of the gate he told me he was using something called - Linux - and asked if I wanted root access. Although the idea of Open Source was there it wasn't a main stream one. There were a number of companies that appeared on the scene to help people use Linux and charge for support. All of them failed. I'm not sure what they were thinking. The people who used Linux at the time needed drivers not a help desk. Read more at http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/evolution-linux-geek Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri www.pavithran.org _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
