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Winemaker Drinks To Linux
An anonymous reader writes "Australian winemaker De Bortoli is a firm believer in Linux. CIO Bill Robertson says he's 'bemused by any notion that Linux is poorly supported in the enterprise since he has never had any trouble finding support for De Bortoli's open-source systems', and says that those IT managers having trouble simply 'aren't looking hard enough.' There are also some other good case studies here -- telecommuncations provider TransACT, online hotel booking service Wotif, engineering contractor Coates and investment and funds management group Aviva."
A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. This is a pity, as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palette, but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.
"Black Stump Bordeaux" is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good "Sydney Syrup" can rank with any of the world's best sugary wines.
"Chateau Bleu", too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.
"Old Smokey, 1968" has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian wino society thouroughly recommends a 1970 "Coq du Rod Laver", which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: 8 bottles of this, and you're really finished -- at the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour.
Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is "Perth Pink". This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is BEWARE!. This is not a wine for drinking -- this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.
Another good fighting wine is "Melbourne Old-and-Yellow", which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.
Quite the reverse is true of "Chateau Chunder", which is an Appelachian controle, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation -- a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.
Real emetic fans will also go for a "Hobart Muddy", and a prize winning "Cuiver Reserve Chateau Bottled Nuit San Wogga Wogga", which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.
Cue the wine jokes...
Does his wine run linux? Imagine a beowulf cluster of linux wine bottles.
Does he offer wine packages for many distributions?
Will his wine run Internet Explorer in Linux?
Procrastination -- because good things come to those who wait.
Of course, wine makers support linux! Oh wait. wrong wine.
There are lives at stake here!
So wait, are they a wine company or a Linux gaming company?
that this boss is not a psychopath...
Homer: Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?
Marge: Homer, you were drunk!
Homer: And how!
I'm a big tall mofo.
Having trouble finding support? Use Windows and you'll have a million windows techs begging for a minimum wage job.
He can find linux users to work for him! He makes booze!
RTFA again for the best results.
*LATER TODAY AT OSDL HEADQUARTERS*
Intern: We've detected a trademark disturbance.
Linus: Who is this time?
Intern: It's De Bortoli winemakers of Australia.
Linus: Tell Maddog to unleash the enraged pengiuns on their grape fields.
Intern: Right away Sir.
My dog took a dump on the carpet...
I think I see a lot of Linux-is-great stories here and Microsoft-is-bad stories here.
Gotta start keeping score and start ignoring my customers so I'll know what to buy.
Cogito Ergo Sum
Advisory effects against the consumption of too much Linux wine.
After the first glass, you'll start believing that Linux on the Desktop is a good idea.
After the second glass, you start to think Laura DiDio is hot, at least when she's not talking.
After the third glass, you find the Linus Torvalds blurb on how he pronounces "Linux" once again mildly amusing.
After the fourth glass, all your interfaces look like Windows- and you like it!
After the ffith galss, you wlil wsih you had a bettar spllchekr for Linux.
After the sixth glass, you'll re-experience glasses six through one, and will experience a very productive Perl coding session in the process.
Imbibe at your own risk!
So is this free as in wine or free as in speech?
The more you know, the less you understand.
"No kernel before its time."