On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 11:17, Robin Laing wrote: > I found this from a link off of Slashdot and felt that it may be of > interest to many here. > > This isn't directed to Fedora but it covers Linux and Mr. Enderle's > view of Linux Users as not having a life. > > [quote] > There are people who get up every day, work a 9 to 5 and go home to > their families trading their lives for varying degrees of cash. In my > view, though clearly not theirs, they are selling their lives very > cheaply. These are wage slaves and the difference between > people like that and a zombie is generally lost on me. > > Do you realize that many, I'm not saying all or even most, of the > Linux supporters are like this, they have never coded anything in > their lives, have never even played a video game, in fact the only > reason they are supporting Linux is because it is a cause and their > life lacks one. > > That is an incredibly sad group of folks, and I wonder what their > reaction will be when they finally understand they are supporting > software and not the second coming. > [/quote] > > I find his comments are very demeaning and sound like those of a > desperate man. He sounds like a man that is fighting to keep his head > above water while being dragged down by a weight that he doesn't want > to let go of. > > Details of his comments and an anylsis can be found on > > <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040812070059503> > > I for one use Linux because in my work and life, it is much more > stable than any Windows platform that I have tried. Even better than > Win XP which gave me the BSOD on the first day of a new computer. :( > > The computer now is happy to be running FC1. :) > > -- > Robin Laing Obviously, he doesn't know any real people who use Linux. For my part, I was a coder from 85, though mostly COBOL, Fortran and assembler. I can't remember ever working 9-5, more like 7:30-5 right now, though often after 5 and on call around the clock. As far as a video game, I remember when Duke Nukem was a two dimensional side scrolling game. Started playing games with Atari, and now have a library of PS2 games. I brew my own beer, can my own spaghetti sauce, and frankly have a life. I got into Linux because I was looking for an alternative to Windows. I run it both at work and home. Before that, I ran SCO and VMS at work. (We won't mention DG/AOS or DG/UX.) As Mark Twain said, "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -- Edward M. Croft Sr. Systems Engineer Open Ratings, Inc. 200 West Street Waltham, MA 02451-1121
