OT- SCO - Mr. Enderle - Linux - Free Software.
jludwig
wralphie at comcast.net
Fri Aug 13 15:49:06 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 11:17, Robin Laing wrote:
> I found this from a link off of Slashdot and felt that it may be of
> interest to many here.
>
> This isn't directed to Fedora but it covers Linux and Mr. Enderle's
> view of Linux Users as not having a life.
>
> [quote]
> There are people who get up every day, work a 9 to 5 and go home to
> their families trading their lives for varying degrees of cash. In my
> view, though clearly not theirs, they are selling their lives very
> cheaply. These are wage slaves and the difference between
> people like that and a zombie is generally lost on me.
>
> Do you realize that many, I'm not saying all or even most, of the
> Linux supporters are like this, they have never coded anything in
> their lives, have never even played a video game, in fact the only
> reason they are supporting Linux is because it is a cause and their
> life lacks one.
>
> That is an incredibly sad group of folks, and I wonder what their
> reaction will be when they finally understand they are supporting
> software and not the second coming.
> [/quote]
>
> I find his comments are very demeaning and sound like those of a
> desperate man. He sounds like a man that is fighting to keep his head
> above water while being dragged down by a weight that he doesn't want
> to let go of.
>
> Details of his comments and an anylsis can be found on
>
> <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040812070059503>
>
> I for one use Linux because in my work and life, it is much more
> stable than any Windows platform that I have tried. Even better than
> Win XP which gave me the BSOD on the first day of a new computer. :(
>
> The computer now is happy to be running FC1. :)
>
> --
> Robin Laing
IMHO I more believe he fears Linux as a threat.
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
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