They all follow a basic template:ġ) author has recent, brief experience with some flavor of Linux which leads toĢ) Generalized speculation about its utility in the business world which generally includesģ) Some sort of graph showing future Linux market penetration from Crystal Ball Consultants, Inc. Perhaps 10 years in the IT world has made me jaded, but I’ve gotten so tired of reading these, “someday Linux may be ready for the desktop” articles. I would really prefer if OSI would stop giving him access to the press. People like ESR are the reason this site has the Report Abuse button. He represents the faction of the OSS community that was excited about the MyDoom variant that was programmed to DDOS. ![]() ![]() However, I really liked the allusion to the fact that not all Open Source supporters are as cocky and combative at Eric S. ![]() Remember the Usenet post where Linus described the kernel project as “not big and professional like GNU”? I don’t think comparisons to AT&T UNIX or (gasp) Windows were anywhere on the radar when Linus started the kernel project. Linux was created to be a Minix clone for 386/AT computers. ![]() Still, it has factual errors that wouldn’t be there if the author was really a follower of GNU/Linux evolution.įor example, when Linus (apparently) created the Linux kernel to be faster and for streamlined than Windows or AT&T UNIX. This is a decent article, compared to the recent rash of similar “how Microsoft is starting to take Linux seriously” pieces.
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