Author: Allen Lake
Date: 15:32:46 05/24/02
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On May 24, 2002 at 14:51:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >I don't take it personal, but that's typical of the people who are using Linux. A somewhat broad generalization, I'd say. Maybe you've been associating with the wrong crowd of Linux users. >That's what is going to take me out of Linux for a while. The attitude of the >people using/developping it. I think that's an unfortunate decision, but it is, ultimately, _your_ decision to make. >Just mention a problem and they are going to bury themselves even deeper. Or >offer inappropriate solutions (use regular expressions). Someone who was a bit less doctrinaire about "regular expressions" might have offered you advice along the lines of "ls | grep -i wccc" to solve your problem. They might have even pointed you to the "alias" command for the bash shell, (section 5 of http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/0822.bashtips.html -- the first link I found by searching for "alias bash linux" on www.google.com),so that you could create your own easily remembered shell commands to replace the complicated Linux command syntax (add the following line to your .bash_profile file alias findmyfile='ls | grep -i ' ), so that you could use your own command to find your files ( "findmyfile wccc" ). >You can do the same experience with the guys at Microsoft and see the >difference: they will reconsider if they realize many people agree that there is >a problem. In my experience, a hit-or-miss proposition. I still wonder why, 7 years later, I still need to press a button labeled "Start" to begin the procedure of shutting down my Windows machine. I still wonder why I have to put ".exe" on the end of my program file name before Windows will recognize it as an executable file. >They have done that many times and corrected mistake after mistake. The result >is that now they are controlling the world of information. A subset of the world of information, though a highly visible subset of the world of information. I wonder how many banks, insurance companies, brokerage houses, etc. (all _very_ large purveyors of information) trust their "mission-critical" applications to Windows. Lack of public visibility doesn't mean lack of importance. >Now my wish is that the Linux guys do exactly the same thing and kill the >Microsoft monopol. Time will tell on that score, although I'd attribute the Microsoft monopoly more to sharp and sometimes questionable business practices more than I would to their technical excellence or their quality of customer service. >But if I was Microsoft I would not be as frightened by Linux as they are. When >they are going to understand what the attitude of the Linux guys is, they will >certainly laugh and relax. If Microsoft is frightened of Linux now, even with the "attitude of the Linux guys", why is that? The "Linux guys" that you are talking about have been around at least for the seven years that I've been using Linux, so it's not a new phenomenon. Paranoia? Irrationality? Misinformation? P.S. In reference to my comment above about the "Start" button, I know that I can also begin shutting my machine down by using Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Just wanted to prevent the erupting flames from the knee-jerk Microsoft defenders, who I find equally as obnoxious as the "Linux guys". Each operating system has its good points and its bad points. I use four different operating systems every day in my work (two commercial Unix OS's, Linux, and Windows), so I get a lot of practice in finding the shortcuts on each one ;)
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