On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 07:34 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > Oh, lighten up. All of you. There are times and places for "immature" > humor, and times and places where it is inappropriate. Learn which is > which. I think that most of the PLUG crew are mature enough to handle > that.
I'm tired of listening to people praise Linux and bag on Windows without really knowing much about either. I'm passionate about Linux. I think it's safe to say that I know a fair deal about Linux. So you can be certain I know what I'm saying when I tell you that Linux sucks. Hard. Linux meets my needs better than Windows, but that's not true for everyone. If you can't name at least 10 things that Windows does better, you're either not trying or not paying attention. Think about it. I'm not afraid to be abrasive, and yet I make a big deal about childish insults like Winblows and Micro$oft. It's because I've seen how destructive that attitude is. I don't care what you say, if you're calling people lusers behind their backs you're not going to be able to do your job as well as you should. You're always starting from the position that "it's probably the users fault, why don't they spend as much time learning computers as I did"? Well guess what, most applications are poorly designed and most people view computers as tools instead of toys. I've seen the destructive stereotyping about Windows admins. You might not want to admit it, but if you're throwing around childish insults your first reaction on meeting a Windows admin is probably "must've been too stupid to hack Linux". Now I can tell you that's not true. I've met many smart and professional Windows admins. Fact is, we in the Linux world could learn something from their "just get the job done" culture. The corrosive culture of childish insults must die. I'm not willing to endorse it with my silence. It is destructive. It is a big deal. And I'm not going to sit by quietly and watch yet another generation get sucked into it. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
