Perception of Linux Among IT Undergrads

iconian writes: "The Linux Journal has a story on IT students and their perception of Linux. One of the funnier myths perceived to be true is that 'Microsoft's technical support is the best in the industry and is superior to that offered by the Linux community.' It just goes to show how little real world experience students have. It's a bit disturbing considering they will be the next generation of technology workers."

Comments

Some part of truth?

[chabotc]

At some level, it might make _some_ sence. As more and more newbie's come into the linx system, it becomes more and more difficult for newbies to ask for the famed linux support and community help. Even if you somewhat know what you are talking about, you risk going thru 2 to 10 emails telling you all the obvious things, and in less nicer words to not bother them, before you get even close to a real conversation. (i just went thru this for a few kernel bugs, which are finaly starting to get fixed).

Ofcource, when that fails, IBM, Redhat and other big companies can still offer top level support for linux ;-)

Re:MS VS. Linux techsupport

[superid]

Not only do I 100% agree with the "RTFM" comment I can also add that the last time I submitted a bug report to Microsoft (scripting engine problem with the Visual Studio IDE) they *phoned* me back to walk me through the fix.

Also, I want to add that I really love MSDN.

SuperID

I don't understand, Linux support is great

[rho]

I like it when I ask a question (almost any question), and I get "RTFM" in response (sometimes with "luser" appended).

Re:Is anyone surprised that "IT" students are idio

[nmx]

Um, no, it's MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer.