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Linux For Losers According To De Raadt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fair-and-balanced dept.

elohim writes "Theo has some scathing comments about Linux in his new interview with Forbes Magazine. From the article: 'It's terrible...Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, "This is garbage and we should fix it."'"

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  1. Linux Losers??? by http101 · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the article: 'It's terrible...Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, "This is garbage and we should fix it."

    And this is where he's completely wrong. Yes, Linux users add to the interface, yes, they add new utilities, but NO, it's NOT garbage! Linux is an excellent alternative to Crapple and Microshit, has a plethora of tools for productivity, analysis, and features stability that most other OSs can't offer. However, at the same time, I'm concerned about all the different flavors of Linux. This is something Microsoft got right. They limited their distros to 5 flavors of XP; Lite, Home, Pro, Corporate, DataCenter, and are making a killing in the market.

    With Linux, there are what... a hundred or so? I have no idea what the others do, how they work, they vary in appearance and capabilites and offer so many "in-depth" tools that the common user won't know what the hell they're looking at! So, in one way, he's right, but I can't totally agree with his philosophy of Linux users being losers. He needs to pull his head from his ass and look at the world from our perspective. Journalists...

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  2. Does this belong here? by LWATCDR · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Simon Lok, who holds a doctorate in computer science, took a close look at the Linux source code.

    "You know what I found? Right in the kernel, in the heart of the operating system, I found a developer's comment that said, 'Does this belong here?' "Lok says. "What kind of confidence does that inspire? Right then I knew it was time to switch."
    "

    So he has a PHD in CS and he decided to change based on a comment? Not the actual code mind you but the comment?
    I guess the idea that comments are for the developer and not for some teacher is lost on him. I often make comments like "There must be a better way to do this" in my code. They are markers for me to go back and see if I can clean it up or make it faster.

    Frankly I am a little scared of using OpenBSD now... Sure it seems secure but can you trust developers that are sure there code is perfect and that everyone else produces crap?

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  3. he's right you know... by jbeiter · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've used NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and have been running Linux as my desktop for over a decade now. As an operating system, linux *does* suck in comparison... but utilities and toys are catered to Linux. I don't have time to screw with porting useful addons to FreeBSD. IMHO, Linux is the Windoze of the *nix world. Its far from the best, but it has the attention.

  4. Well, of course he's bitter... by gotroot801 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isn't BSD dying or something?