jobs in Linux / IT

[Rick Tomaschuk]

You're absolutely right. I use many 'embedded' devices regularly which
do not involve M$. If I notice that M$ is somehow involved I keep
shopping. The consumer has the power to create change by their choices
in the market place. I have even researched companies root ownerships
when making some decisions. If you look closely there are many companies
other than M$ which provide 'mission critical' software/devices which
work reliably. The media has made M$ into a 'fishbowl' due to their
success however the media's primary motivation is to sell soap. I use
this to my advantage. I don't plan on 'flippin' burgers anytime soon but
whats wrong with a student taking any job he/she can while learning IT?
Most people in good jobs had to do really bad jobs while in College or
University.
RickT


On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 09:38 +0200, Peter wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Rick Tomaschuk wrote:
> 
> > I've pondered this dilemma for many years. My solution has and continues
> > to be to phase Microsoft products out of my life as soon as possible. If
> > a client company stubbornly refuses to drop some area of a MS
> > implementation I seriously rethink my relationship with that company and
> > have often walked away from $$ to avoid having to work with MS products.
> > Sounds tough but my experience has shown this to be the best solution. I
> > have no plans to become MS certified...ever. Life without MS (sounds
> > like a disease) is actually getting easier as time passes due to the
> > evolution of Open source and commercial Linux offerings. I've also
> > learned to omit computers all together in some areas of my life since
> > they only seem to complicate things. Just because a person has a
> > background in computers this does not mean that person has to limit
> > their money making efforts to the computer industry. Sometimes the best
> > solution to a computing problem is to imagine life without the
> > particular application and re-think the problem.
> 
> This is not the burger-flipping option, is it ? Cutting computers out is 
> seldom a solution imho, but 'using computers' very rarely implies 
> something that resembles a PC. Advantage: no m$ inside. I am talking 
> about embedded systems. Please consider this seriously. Embedded 
> computers and automatons outnumber PCs by something like 20:1 at a net 
> value that is not necessarily lower than the PC's even in the lowliest 
> cases (due to aggregate value).
> 
> Peter
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