-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stewart Stremler wrote: > The debate is between Linux and BSD... but it has been between MSwindows > and Linux in the past. Redmond claims that MSwindows is what people are > used to and therefore this Linux stuff isn't as suitable... and this is > not accepted by the Linux community. Rather, it's pointed out that the > employer won't have much trouble training their employees to the new > system.
You guys are so pedantic. :P Look at it this way: Windows does not have the reliability or security or general ease of operation when it comes to doing complex things that any Unix has. So it is out in favor of some Unix. Of the Unix's I have seen on resumes of people I have interviewed in the past week: IRIX mentioned one time, BSD mentioned one time, Linux mentioned 12 times. Literally. I have the stack in front of me and I just counted. THIS is what my original point was. Sure it's easier to find Windows people than Linux people. That wasn't my point. Of the suitable operating systems Linux is the one easiest to find people for. I am having enough trouble finding qualified people over here as it is. I shudder to think how difficult it would be if I wanted BSD people. > No. The drivers are GPL, and the viral nature of the GPL means that BSD > can't leverage those drivers; yet Linux can leverage code from BSD-land. > It's an unequal exchange. And MS can leverage code from BSD but BSD can't leverage code from Windows. What's your point? I like this unequal exchange. I like the 'viral nature of the GPL'. I want software to be free and if you aren't willing to make yours free go borrow from someone else. But this has been discussed in many virtual churches, synagogues, mosques, and pagodas over many years now. We all know where we stand so there isn't much point in arguing it. >>Isn't that a "religious" reason? > > Nope. I think it is. > Alternatives are nice because the help to offset complacency. Indeed! - -- Tracy R Reed http://[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCQkSO9PIYKZYVAq0RAvZMAJ9+lydtYfCxrC5izS2kwGpaQOiTpQCgoCsu RKXCjlu30O3KnG3E5EnXEh4= =MxUE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
