[NCLUG] 'we have met the enemy, and he is us'

[Dennis Clark]

Bill,

Bill Thorson wrote:
> Dennis Clark wrote:
>>   I'd second that!  Linux programs seem to follow the guideline:
>> "geekware, by geeks, for geeks" and is somewhat hostile to the
>> average person that just wants to run software that ISN'T M$ based
>> and doesn't want to be a Linux environment specialist.  One of the
>> worst is the compiler setups.  I should not need to be a compiler
>> specialist to set up a development environment for coding on one
>> platform or another.  Even Redhat installations require quite a
>> bit of knowledge about the system hardware and software to get a
>> good install. 
> 
> 
> This is just not true.  Redhat, Mandrake, Suse are all, very much,
> easier to install than Windows.
>    Linux:   put in CD, boot, click click click, CD2, click reboot DONE!
> 
>    Windows:  put in CD, boot, click click click, reboot, click click click
>         reboot, put in net driver CD, click click click, reboot, put in 
> scanner
>         CD, click click click reboot, put in printer CD, click click 
> click reboot,
>         put in CDRW CD, click click click reboot,....

   Yeah, uh huh.  Windows is a pain to install if it doesn't go right,
you do it again.  Unless Redhat has improved a LOT in the last couple
of years, it is every bit as much of a pain - And the documentation
stinks if you run into a problem with graphics cards.  Not to mention
that it doesn't tell you at ALL the difference between a workstation
and server install.  My last Redhat session was exactly the description
you gave for the Windows install.  Ick.

[snip]
>> <conspiracy theory>
>>
>>   You know, I wonder if M$ is paying SCO to generate all this FUD just
>> to kill Linux in the corporate world?
>>
>> </conspiracy theory>
> 
> 
> Duh?  I believe it was about 1 or 2 days after SCO filed against IBM
> that MS jumped up and agreed to pay SCO an undisclosed sum of
> money for UNIX rights.
> 
> Bill

Well, there you go then!

IMO,
DLC
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