User: iceruam

Re:Don't be fooled, it's the FUD

On: Advocating Linux / OSS to Management.

The only problem I find with this comment is, you have to have folks who can modify the source if it does break. I am not so sure that a lot of shops could modify the code to fix it. I know a few 1000+ employee companies that would not know how to debug and fix the code. Just because someone uses linux does not mean they have the expertise to program. I have used linux since 96 and would not know how to fix the code to 90% or more of the programs out there and the few that I have fixed took days to do so...... I do not tout linux as the way to go because I have the code I can fix it... I use it because there are a lot of options out there, you can experiment without breaking the bank. Also, I feel that having the source available helps to keep the code honest.

Re:What's the point?

On: Where Are Operating Systems Headed?

My thoughts exactly, I second you on this. This is what I have been telling everybody we are headed to. And yet I have people touting the wonderfulness of using apps on the net. I do not like the idea of having to be connected to the net just use an app or even listen to a song I tried to listen to a moby cd last year not whilst not on the net and it laughed at me, just an example. Cheers