Michael Lankton wrote:
Please do not misinterpret this. No one needs to lecture me about advocacy; I am a former op on a linux irc channel, I am prolific on several *nix mailing lists, and I have a web site that is devoted to a *nix windowmanager and resources for same. It's just that I have never understood this mentality about wanting to put linux on every desktop. I think this represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the future of unix as a desktop os. I don't think everyone is capable of administering a unix system. This becomes especially evident when I
[big snip] I was going to let this go, but couldn't. First, SuSE, Red Hat, etc. are ALL working towards making Linux EASILY installable, easy to administrate, and use! There are those in the Linux community, who have an attitude problem. They're better than those who don't "understand" *NIX. I'm not accusing you of that Mike....just making a statement about many who I know or have read their posts. Linux DESERVES to be THE OS used by the masses, and as it is now, there's a very good chance that it can be. It's the ONLY STABLE OS that could be used by anyone, yet still be the same OS that many have enjoyed mucking around in. NO ONE looses anything, but we ALL gain a LOT more GOOD applications, etc. We ALL have a great deal to gain, and NOTHING to loose. Some will continue to bitch about Linux' notoriety, and don't want everyone to have it.....oh well. Someone I introduced to Linux recently made a very valid comment about the OS/2 community and the Linux community...in general. The former has always been ready and willing to help anyone. Often the Linux community just tells someone to read the * man page. It's about time we took a long hard look at ourselves. Soap box mode off. Fred -- - Windows 98 supports real multitasking - it can boot and crash simultaneously - Fred A. Miller, Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fmiller@lightlink.com fm@cupserv.org - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e