On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Orlando Andico wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, dek wrote: > .. > > and no im not saying that linux is better because its morally right, i beg > > to differ > > and im not using linux because its morally right i use it because it makes > > life easier and does the job RIGHT.. > > it's a HAPPY coincidence that Linux does the job right. After all, if it > didn't do the job right, no one would use it, right? > > i'm GLAD that Linux does the job right. I guess if there were no Linux, or > Linux was rotten, I'd use BSD. Or Sprite. Or Mach. Or Hurd. There is a lot > of choice out there, choice that Microsoft would wish you don't have. >
You know, this is one thing i like about Linux. By the sheer number of skilled people developing for it, it's a rare case that a bug (much much less a showstopper bug) goes ignored. There will be always someone to come in and bring order, and make Linux do the job right. Why? Because it's open source, and believe it or not, if Linus Torvalds decides that tomorrow he'd like to spend the rest of his life vegetating in front of the TV, people will come in, very skilled people at that, take his place as maintainer of the kernel (already that is being done today), and life will go on. People's investment in Linux will be safe, knowing that there will always be someone to step up to the plate, and say, "I volunteer." Tell me, if Microsoft/Redmond gets split up or shut down by the government, or bombed back into the stone age by some terrorist force, what would happen to Windows? _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
