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Yankee Group Slams Linux 'Extremists'
AvatarofVirgo wrote in to mention an article running on ZDNet in which the consulting firm The Yankee Group goes after folks in the Linux community who have been questioning their objectivity. From the article: "Laura DiDio, an analyst at the Yankee Group who has been at the receiving end of much of the criticism from Linux advocates, claimed the radical elements of the community could damage the reputation of open source software."
There are always bad apples in every bunch. While I highly doubt YG's concern for FOSS is based in altruism, having Ms. DiDio in their employ hurts YG's credibility far more than some linux/FOSS zealots ever could. Nothing to see here.
So she's a MS Shill and she's fugly. Why the Wiki entry?
Why does Linus Torvalds hate America so much?
I will never use that peice of crap, Eclipse. This was a year or 18 months ago, but I had a PIII 600 machine with 384 megs and Eclipse could make the system stop. It is like being on a freeway and having three lanes merge into one. You stop, then drive 5 mph, then stop again.
However, Visual Studio worked just fine.
With "alternative" tools, you often get once shot to impress a person, then they go back to what they know.
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
Democracy, technology and freedom. Gets the heart pumping and the blood moving, doesn't it? The thing is, though, Linux is just an operating system. Open source software is just software. The majority of the world really doesn't care. Sorry, but it's true. You may care, because you're a geek and really into it... but that doesn't mean anyone else does.
It's like those long lasting light bulbs... why would anyone buy regular bulbs? It doesn't make sense. There are probably engineers at those companies who just can't believe regular light bulbs are still being bought by people... they probably point out the long lasting ones to people in stores when they see them going for the regular ones... but some people just don't care... and the guys looks like a loon.
So Windows vs. Linux. Here it is: people... real people... use Windows because at the end of the day it's just easy. It comes with the PC. It runs the software they want to run. They don't need to know anything. They can plug in printers, digital cameras, scanners... they can run Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop... burn CDs... play games. No user servicable parts inside. No intelligence needed... perfect for the masses.
Heck, my 75 year old mother uses a Windows PC - she first bought a PC when she was 72. She bought, installed and learned how to use the printer, scanner, download music and burn CDs. I'm 3000 miles away. She did it by herself. Linux...? LOL.
Linux is arse. All Unices are (except MacOS, because Apple know all about taking care of regular people).
Linux in the enterprise is a different matter. As a server operating system it, like real Unix, is very usable. But given the number and volume of obnoxious Linux zealots, who rant and rave about how Microsoft suck and Linux rules, it's easy conclude that all Linux advocates are ass-holes. Would you want to hire an ass-hole to run your IT department? Would you want to hire someone so closed minded to Microsoft technology... or any technology to be responsible for your corporate IT?
Microsoft builds the most successful desktop and server operating system in the world, with the largest commercial software base, and for real people and real corporations who need real commercial software, there's no other choice. Deal with it.
Linux is a free open source operating system. For niche environments it can work well.
To be respected, to be listen to, you've got to start talking rationally. You've got to start addressing the core problems and barriers in Linux, and you've got to let ISVs, IHVs, corporations and consumers warm to Linux over time. Over a long period of time.
And you've got to stop saying Microsoft sucks... And if you're still in school, stay out of it until you've developed some emotional control.
No, this is completely false. I have installed windows on such a computer. Completely plug and play. No drivers were necessary. The SATA controller was much newer than Windows XP, so it is highly unlikely it just happened to have the correct driver on the installation Cd.
That is to say, you are talking directly out of your ass. Don't make stupid predictions that you don't know anything about. Don't be an asshole just because this is slashdot and you want to seem like you know what is what.
Oh, if there was any doubt, you don't know. What is what. You don't know what is what.