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The Age Interviews Linux Advocate Rick Moen

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stories-from-the-trenches dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Age interviews Rick Moen, a software generalist from the Linux community and an advocate for Open Source software." Rick's been a real catalyst for the Linux community over the years, helping organize the LINC Expo, Windows Refund Day, Linux birthday parties, and more. An entertaining read.

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  1. "Linux Advocate" by marcushnk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is that all it takes to raise yourself to stardom these days?

    --
    "Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far
  2. I've got to say... by AlfaGiik · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I've seen many more people more deserving of a major interview.

    But having said that, I must say that I agree with him on a number of major points.

    1. Linux is NOT for everyone. In my line of work, many people complain if you move their taskbar, nevermind changing their OS.

    2. BUY LINUX. only support for the companies that create your distributions will keep them creating those distributions. (I have bought every version of RedHat since 6 and a couple of copies of SuSE, etc)

    3. Linux is not the next wave of the desktop... yet. In the server field, Linux has most things tied up. Stability... Rock Solid. Usability for the uninitiated desktop user... Still sucks, sorry.

    Just my 2cents. -jk

  3. Re:Picked the wrong advocate by rickmoen · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That's an extremely odd sort of view for you to attribute to me. Visio's a rather nice application, and I have nothing against it. Or MS-Project, particularly.

    And I certainly couldn't imagine telling people not to use them. Perhaps you're thinking of someone else entirely?

    Rick Moen
    rick@linuxmafia.com

  4. Re:Picked the wrong advocate by rickmoen · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I'm sorry, but -- whoever you are -- I can only assume you've confused me with someone else. I've never had anything against usage of Visio, let alone any inclination to advise people not to "use Visio in any circumstance because it's MS junk".

    The rest of this seems to be pretty generic attempted mudslinging from behind cover of anonymity, but I was really rather startled by those characterisations, e.g., the bit about moralising at people they need to "take a stand against MS".

    As you'll see if you read the article, I have no interest in convincing people to "take a stand against MS". I personally prefer Linux (mostly); when/if other people prefer different software, that's entirely their business.

    Rick Moen
    rick@linuxmafia.com

  5. Re:Picked the wrong advocate by rickmoen · · Score: 3, Insightful
    No, I understood that anonymous attempt at character assassination -- and frankly, all of these sound very pretty like they're from the same person. It's just that I didn't see any real point in commenting.

    Rick Moen
    rick@linuxmafia.com