On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Keith Warno wrote:
I'm a programmer, and considering I'm a newbie on the market I write a lot of bad code. :) Fortunately the code is written on and for Linux; Lord wouldn't be able to count the number of blue screens I would have seen had the development been taking place on a windoze box. I have to give some credit to M$ for making a killing on a pile of shit.
Boy do I know this feeling - I'm an Oracle DBA by profession, and for some ungodly, unknown reason, the desktop PC's at $PLACE_OF_WORK use Winxx. I cannot count the number of times I have had to have this POS re-ghosted because it started throwing screaming blue fits at me. And, since it is corporate policy to have all desktops conform, I cannot throw a copy of linux on the box. This I cannot understand, as all I need to admin the db is a copy of sqlplus and I'm off and running. But the standard response is that a non-uniform workplace desktop will cause the company expenses. I suppose they don't realize just how much Winxx is costing them in downtime and lost productivity. If the shrink-wrap EULA is ever proven in court to be unenforcable, I think a class-action suit against MS for the billions they have caused business in lost revenue and man hours should be undertaken. Ok, enough ranting. I'm sure everyone here has a similar story about Windows (NT isn't as bad as Win9x, but it still throws up a pretty blue screen when pushed hard). Cheers, GC -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/