El vie, 13-08-2004 a las 10:31, Edward Croft escribió: > 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 > Dear Edward, I agree with your post. What can I say of Mr. Enderle's comments?, mhhh: "If the imbecils of this world could fly, we'll never see the sun again". Post scrptum: Excuse my mood, imbecility is not a sin, but a tragedy. But, a deliberated mixture of imbecility, absolute ignorance and "authority" is nauseating. -- Andrés González Cantú agc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Usa software libre
