Follow Up to "Linux's Achilles Heel"

donheff writes "Fred Langa has posted an Informationweek online followup to his "Linux's Achilles Heel" column that drew a lot of attention on slashdot recently. He responds to several of the most common criticisms and 'posits that high-priced commercial Linux vendors are on a suicidal course, unless they lower prices to accentuate their advantages over Windows.'"

Comments

SHOCK! Linux community anger!

[OwlWhacker]

It seems to me as if Fred wrote the article knowing that he'd provoke the Linux community.

He seems amazed that people could react in this way:

Many readers thought I was trying to hide something; or was secretly trying to stack the deck against Linux; or that I had some other evil motivation in not detailing the hardware.

some readers from the Linux community are deeply suspicious of criticism of Linux.

I find it hard to believe that an experienced writer such as Fred Langa would express disbelief at the reaction he received.

Look at all of the FUD that's spread about Linux, the lies, the half-truths, the selective analysis, the ignorant writers expressing their opinions based on hear-say. Surely Fred is aware of the mass of tripe written about Linux, how can he not understand why the Linux community is suspicious?

And if he knew of this, why didn't he provide more details? Surely he should have anticipated the questions that would be asked?

Maybe Fred acts the way he does for one of the following reasons:

1) Fred is biased against Linux/Open Source and wants to make the Linux community look bad.
2) Fred loves to cause discord in general.
3) Fred isn't very perceptive or just doesn't think.
4) Fred is pro-Linux and attempts to make a big deal of certain issues in the hope that they'll be resolved faster.

I don't know, I don't care. But to act amazed at the reaction he got seems like a sham, it would appear that it's just what Fred wanted, especially as he wrote up a whole new article focused on the angry, suspicious, Linux community that won't have anything negative said about their OS!

Re:Linux's True Achilles Heel:

[advocate_one]

some of those "linux zealots"" are not real Linux users, but are part of the anti-Linux fud campaign, deliberately planted to make Linux users look like raving, foaming nuts.

There's been a whole rash of them lately in the Linux newsgroups etc. all trying to drive out the curious by making abusive replies to their questions.