begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:39:42AM +0700: [snip] > You guys are so pedantic. :P
Heh. > 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. I'm told the reliability is getting better. Security is a dangerous card to play, considering that more and more *nix users are accepting external root control (apt/portage/yum/whatnot are neat tools, but anything that downloads a script off the 'Net and runs it as root has a fundamental problem, and _most_ uses don't run SELinux, and wouldn't want to anyway). And "ease of operation" doesn't fly for everyone. > 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 Well, so that's a popularity test. And? > 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. Pick someone who has more than two flavors of *nix -- shoot, I would count _only_ having experience in _one_ sort of *nix as a demerit on a resume, the same as having only one programming language. You're going to have to teach 'em your way anyway. [snip] > 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 may like cheating at games. That doesn't make it fair. > 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. Heh. At least you admit the viral nature. That's the first step to recovery. > >>Isn't that a "religious" reason? > > > > Nope. > > I think it is. I don't. And? > > Alternatives are nice because the help to offset complacency. > > Indeed! And this is why I like emacs being out there, even though it is non-unixy. -Stewart "The FSF *still* can't get a decent Java VM going" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
