On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:02:37 +0800, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. > I now believe that the strength of an operating system lies not in how > stronger, or faster, or (artificially) smarter than the average bear, > but in how well it supports `manipulexity' and `whipuptitude', to borrow > Larry Wall's words. Systems belonging to the *ix tradition, from ITS to > Linux and the BSDs, all have this. Hell, even the Macs are now coming of > age.
Just because you don't know how to do a certain "thing" in The Other OS, doesn't mean The Other OS is incapable. Different OS'es for different needs. No matter how "manipulexable" *ix is, let us for example try to "manipulex" it to interface with a biometric scanner. The farthest I could get with that is download some open-source fingerprint matching software from Sourceforge which takes >10 minutes to match a single fingerprint. So obviously your argument that *ix is "stronger" due to superior "manipulexity" is specious. There are certain needs that it simply can't fill. > Only when people outside this tradition realize their folly and > consequently modify their systems to support this, might I even > `consider' believing. The Other OS has a tradition of its own. Which you might think is laughable, since Their community has an obsession with bug workarounds and quick fixes. But it's getting there. Having little exposure to that Other Community makes you unqualified to render blanket judgments on their "folly." I always thought the strongest "appeal" of *ix to the Geekazoids was the merry back-slapping (sharing) community, of which this mailing list is a fine example. Due to the machinations of The Borg, The Other Community is less willing to share, which is their loss. But it's getting there. The OS, is technically not inferior, or even less "manipulexable" -- you just think so because you don't know The Other OS enough. And that's something that the merry back-slapping "We is always superior" Linux community should do well to remember. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
