[Tfug] Linux is NOT Windows

[Matt Jacob]

I'd tend to agree with you, since my stance is roughly "use the right
tool for the job". Having said that, I use Windows at work, OS X at
home, and Linux on servers. And surprisingly enough, everything plays
together nicely. :-)

Matt

On 12/21/06, Matthew T. Eskes <meskes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I still don't know what all this bitching's about. To be  absolutely
> honest, I  *still* use Windows on my Desktop and laptop. The only
> machines I run linux on nowadays are my servers. To me, every OS has its
> place and it's up the person who uses and admins the systems to keep
> them clean and running correctly. Thats just my two cents worth.
>
> Matt
>
> Rich Smit wrote:
> > Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
> >
> >> Interesting take on this ... paragraphs are from near the end of the article:
> >>
> >
> > I agree mostly with the part you posted and other areas, but it could
> > use some editing:
> >
> > 1. The Firefox/IE analogy is incorrect: Firefox achieved its current
> > market share initially by its association with the "Netscape" word, and
> > later on by not being the people of Troy saying "A horse! Awesome!"
> >
> > 3. "They don't owe you anything" is just another way of saying "I'd
> > demand a refund if I were you". They both mean "Go away".
> > 3b. Saying "Everybody knows this" is just another way of saying
> > "Everybody ought to know this", only *more* elitist!
> >
> > 5b. He talks about MS Word being inefficient whilst ignoring Open Office
> > Writer.
> >
> > 6. In denying that X copied Microsoft, he implies Microsoft copied X to
> > produce Windows. And people who don't know about evolution shouldn't
> > talk about evolution -- "sharks evolved from fish", excuse me?! The
> > whole "convergent evolution" analogy is complete junk, because of
> > *course* there's been design influence on both sides.
> >
> > Aside from that, the whole article is too wordy and doesn't offer any
> > help other than a few soothing words marked "solutions".
> >
> > I suspect most readers fall into three groups:
> > a) people who know nothing about OSs and call them "programs" and have
> > been referred here by c)
> > b) people who're thinking about switching to Linux
> > c) people who were asked for help from b) or a)
> >
> > And on reading this article, a) and b) are probably only going to learn
> > one thing: that they can only ask c) for support! Not what c) wants...
> >
> > Maybe with help from a few tfuggers and a wiki, we could come up with a
> > stronger, more concise piece. The solutions could be replaced with real
> > solutions, like exercises to testdrive the portable Firefox and see how
> > it's different from IE; and links to some beginners' help forums.
> >
> > R.
> >
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