hi any comments on this quote today ?
Customers, he said, misunderstood what Linux was, thinking that it was brand new technology rather than just recycled Unix. "We're not changing the rules of physics in the universe here" and that the best Linux can offer is "better technology for the same money." There is, he said, "a wake-up call" sounding "for many.
Malcolm -- --------------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Director, Academic Business Development Red Hat Europe t: +44 1483 734955 m: +44 7720 079845 -------------------------------------- "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer" Farmers Weekly, 1977
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 10:27:13PM +0000, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
hi
any comments on this quote today ?
Customers, he said, misunderstood what Linux was, thinking that it was brand new technology rather than just recycled Unix.
I suppose that's true enough but Unix never had such a large user/developer base which makes things a bit different. It seems that people are obsessed with `brand new technology' - the latest Ferrari uses an engine who's principles were laid out more than 100 yrs ago but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad car. Most `customers' don't understand the developmental cycle of any complex artifact: Brand new != best
"We're not changing the rules of physics in the universe here"
We might not be but what we are doing is changing the status quo of how software is developed - the cathedrals are tumbling down.
and that the best Linux can offer is "better technology for the same money."
That sounds like a good enough deal to me.
There is, he said, "a wake-up call" sounding "for many.
I don't know who `he' is or the `many' that he's talking about are so it's impossible to contextualise that comment. I guess he's talking about people who misunderstand the true value of open source software, in which case he's probably right. -- Frank *-------*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-------* | Boroughbridge | Tel: 01423 323019 | PGP keyID: 0xC0B341A3 | *-------*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-------* http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/
From an education point of view I guess there is no defacto solution to all our needs but the beauty of this "open" environment is that it has
Hi, The most significant thing about this "war" is the marketing. If HP and Sun et al could have afforded to develop, into the SOHO or SME market place, an affordable solution would they? The parallel with the computer aided design market is interesting. Autocadd was seen as an insignificant product and bellow the radar of heavy duty CAD developers - that was years ago and now AutoCadd is the defacto standard that almost every other CAD package is compared to. It is not the "best" but how do we define best?? Microsoft has revolutionized the home computing and commercial computing desktops. All credit to them. Unix is still one of the "best" solutions available for commercial organizations - despite the Micro$oft marketing and technical advancements in W2K and has stood the test of time to evolve into one of the most stable and dependable environments around. So what about Linux??? Linux is not Solaris or HPUX - if anyone has tried these commercial UNIXs then they will know how much effort has gone into making the interface of Linux more productive (easier to use). It is getting better and better and innovative not recycled. We can get all starry-eyed about Linux (and I have), and I guess we take a career risk when we go out on a limb. The market will decide if Linux stands up to the demands of the market place. Is there more to this market than mere money? Yes and No. A commercial organization exists to provide benefit to it's investors. More than money alone? I hope so or am I just an idealist?? put the computer back into the hands of the curious for a small financial outlay. Just the ramblings of a deranged keyboard. I don't want to get into the Linux is better than windows discussion (again) but I do feel better for getting that off my chest. John Newell Malcolm Herbert wrote:
hi
any comments on this quote today ?
Customers, he said, misunderstood what Linux was, thinking that it was brand new technology rather than just recycled Unix. "We're not changing the rules of physics in the universe here" and that the best Linux can offer is "better technology for the same money." There is, he said, "a wake-up call" sounding "for many.
Malcolm -- --------------------------------------- Dr Malcolm Herbert Director, Academic Business Development Red Hat Europe t: +44 1483 734955 m: +44 7720 079845 -------------------------------------- "To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer" Farmers Weekly, 1977
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