Xenophobia (was Re:jobs in Linux / IT)

[Scott Elcomb]

On 1/24/06, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 09:15:00PM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote:
> > I remember the old days when Commodore and Atari and Apple fans fought
> > over which was the best 8 bit system, when various fans fought over
> > which 68K home computer was "best," and such...  Back in those days,
> > we were bright but nonetheless pretty stupid kids.  "We're the best;
> > the other computers SUCK!!!"
>
> Oh the 68k question is easy: Commodore had the best hardware, Apple the
> best marketing, and atari got nothing.

Not sure if I remember correctly or not, but I think at that time
Atari was fairly strong on video technology...

> > Linux versus Windows fits into this in much the same way.  Yes, each
> > has merits and demerits; there's a pretty hefty amount of "chip on
> > shoulder" such that some of the opining is really rather juvenile.
>
> Unfortunately to me it seems the biggest advantage windows has is
> available software.  That could be changed.  It has some other features
> that are more user friendly for now, although linux continutes to
> improve there too.  I know which I find easier to debug when something
> goes wrong.

It's funny in a way.  Again, I'm not entirely certain, but if Open
Source "groupies" (hackers, advocates, and users) could organize, I
truly believe that situation could change really quickly.  Linux has
got so much going for it...  (Ok, well not for it, itself, but for the
"users")

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