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[ozyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Allen Carpenter)]

Well said.

Karsten Johansson wrote:
> 
> I am a consultant mainly working in Network Security, and do about 900f my
> work with Linux.  Actually, it used to be about 50% but now that Network
> Associates has ported Cybercop Scanner to Linux, its usability has increased
> greatly for me.
> 
> One thing I have noticed is that there is a very severe dislike for Linux in
> the corporate business world.  Linux bashing is becoming very popular, led by
> the Microsoft ringleader himself, Bill Gates.  Its success is to the point that
> nowdays I can only tell my clients I use "Unix" because as soon as I say the
> word Linux, most company directors get a sour taste in their mouths.
> 
> What is the reason for this?  How is it that Microsoft bashing Linux is so much
> more widely accepted as truth?  This is simple: there is a major difference to
> how Linuxies argue their stance that will always keep Linux number one on the
> public blacklist.
> 
> Microsoft and other Windows-folk continue to call Linux by its proper name.
> Why it is that Linuxies prefer to use names like Windoze, Microshit, Internet
> Exploiter, etc, is beyond me.  This is an annoying "feature" very particular to
> Linux and FreeBSD that is virtually nonexistant to the professional operating
> system world (SCO, IRIX, Solaris, etc) And there are constant references about
> Microsoft users being somehow inept or stupid.  Offending people in this manner
> only serves to make us Linuxies all look very childish.
> 
> There are several operating systems that are far superior to Linux, but you
> will not hear them bashing Linux with childish nomenclature reminiscent of the
> neighborhood children sticking out their tongues and calling you silly names.
> 
> I do not believe that the letter as posted to the editor of the NT magazine
> will work to persuade anyone that Linux is anything but the OS of choice for
> hobbyists and mouthy teenagers.  Too bad, because other than the fact that it
> appears to have been written by someone in grade 7 with a nasty attitude, it
> holds more than a grain of truth.  Having been written by an adult (or at least
> sounding like an adult, as the case may be) this letter would serve the Linux
> "community" much better.
> 
> I've been in the industry long enough to know that if you talk like a child,
> your opinion is accepted as a child's opinion.  Even Microsoft users know
> that...
> 
>   Karsten Johansson
> 
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