On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:02:09 +0800, proc ps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roger Filomeno wrote: > > > OSS target audience is skewed towards "literate computer user" to stat > > with, thats why most people who were in IT business during the 80's > > were engineers, mathematicians, compsci's, and ECE's (during the 80's, > > Phillippines is the #1 source of IT workers in the region. Most of > > them worked abroad and now they handle large companies and govt > > offices like BPI,PLDT, etc). > > Where do plain computer hobbyists like me fit in? > > > We are currently moving into a technology paradigm shift. !!! > > > > Because of MS, a lot of users have become literate, even the computer > > literacy rate in out children has tripled. Thus this fits now to the > > OSS scenario..we have lots of computer literates and are looking for > > cheaper and fast growng alternatives. I think MS's motto that says do > > more with less backfired.. It became... Do more with less expenses! > > Well.. MS is such a budget headache..right? . hehehe. > > I have yet to see this happen. Normal non-computer-day-jobbers shifting > to nix... > > > So we partially concluded. OSS is much better for developers and > > people with computer training while MS is better for the rest. > > hmm...Just our 2 cent's worth. > > It's more like comparing apples to santol. > > Two very different lineages meeting at a point where marketability meets > hackability versus ease of use. > > m$: desktop diskette bootable MSDOS with simple commands trying to > transform into a server-capable non-operating system. hard fella. keep > going... oh, and try shedding off that insecure bug-hole-prone > monoarchitecture on your way up will ya? > > nix: originally a made-for-networking os humbly going down to desktop > purposes for some needed profit$ :) > > -- > __________________________________ > /procps > > "Just another OpenBSD UNIX using, > privacy advocating, > coding, > crypto junkie." > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >
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