On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:43 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > I have found that any time I bring up a way in which Linux, > or Fedora Core in particular, could benefit from easier install/ > modification/you name it, especially since the OTHER OS already > supports such, I get flames more or less like what you experience > here. > > Criticism, however well-intentioned, however spot-on, however helpful > it might be, is not something easily condoned by people for whom an > operating system is nearly a religion. > > For me, an OS is a standardized interface to various hardware. > It lets me load and execute applications. Linux+GNU form an OS > and support apps which let me manage my hardware. That's it. > > If another OS does some things better, then the Linux and GNU crowd > should take that as an opportunity to review, and see whether some > lesson couldn't be learned, rather than as an opportunity to express > disdain for anything not of the pale. Amen, brother ! -- Kim Lux, Diesel Research Inc.
