USA Today says "Linux waddles from obscurity"

JCallery writes "The Money section of Monday's USA Today carried a feature article entitled "Linux waddles from obscurity to the big time Momentum builds as upstart operating system proves it can compute". It carries a discussion of time and monetary savings in business, basic Sun and Microsoft arguments against Linux, growing popularity with Wall Street, Hollywood, and government organizations, and the credibility of Linux due to alliances with other industry companies."

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This is what is silly

[cheese_wallet]

Check this quote from the article, quoting Sun: "With so many cooks, Linux is destined to splinter into incompatible versions, Sun says"

What the hell does a cook have to do with a version of software? They only stuck with half the analogy.

If linux hackers are Cooks, then the kitchen must be Computer Science, the computer would be the cooking equipment, and the software would be the meal.

Well, the kitchen is infinitely large, so it isn't possible to have too many cooks in the kitchen. The vast number of resources--cooking equipment--assures that none of the cooks will be forced idle, and the sheer number of cooks ensures a vast variety of dishes will be served. Not to mention the fact that the more cooks you have, the more likely you are to have one or two really good cooks that can in turn improve your average cooks.

If you go to a restaurant, and all they serve are variations on a tuna sandwich, then the restaurant will quickly get boring--no matter how much you like tuna.

--Cheese