I do not question the important relevance in freely developed community software, but Linus is just one of the guys who participated. I admit, his contribution is one of the most hard hitting of them all but he didn't start it. If anyone deserves the prize it should be Richard Stallman. Without him, the Linux kernel would be useless without the rest of the GNU System.
this is a step backwards in terms of the development of safe and robust super computing.
I'm curious, dose the admin have to have a
license for every machine in the cluster?
Well stated!
Another thing that makes me angry is when people use what is known as elite speak. They think they are being clever but are just being stupid in a trendy way.
Although I agree with the article, I would also like to add that in addition to people thinking that the more expensive a software license such as Microsoft's is compared to Linux's GPL; the majority of computer desktop users have no clue what good software is in the first place. They will always buy the OS they are more familiar with, in terms of both what the media has presented to them and of course their own personal experience. People are intimidated by their own ignorance of computers and don't share the hacker mentality of learning or trying to figure things out.
According to this month's Harper's magazine, an article stated that the National Endowment of the Arts took a survey, where 43% of those polled admitted they have not read a book all year.
I installed Ubuntu on my New Dell Laptop and about 3 months later the wireless card quit working. I sent it back to Dell for repair. They didn't care what OS I had on it. They fixed it and sent it back within a week.
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This is great! May not be the end all be all of machines but it is a beginning.
I do not question the important relevance in freely developed community software, but Linus is just one of the guys who participated. I admit, his contribution is one of the most hard hitting of them all but he didn't start it. If anyone deserves the prize it should be Richard Stallman. Without him, the Linux kernel would be useless without the rest of the GNU System.
this is a step backwards in terms of the development of safe and robust super computing. I'm curious, dose the admin have to have a license for every machine in the cluster?
Well stated! Another thing that makes me angry is when people use what is known as elite speak. They think they are being clever but are just being stupid in a trendy way.
Although I agree with the article, I would also like to add that in addition to people thinking that the more expensive a software license such as Microsoft's is compared to Linux's GPL; the majority of computer desktop users have no clue what good software is in the first place. They will always buy the OS they are more familiar with, in terms of both what the media has presented to them and of course their own personal experience. People are intimidated by their own ignorance of computers and don't share the hacker mentality of learning or trying to figure things out. According to this month's Harper's magazine, an article stated that the National Endowment of the Arts took a survey, where 43% of those polled admitted they have not read a book all year.
I installed Ubuntu on my New Dell Laptop and about 3 months later the wireless card quit working. I sent it back to Dell for repair. They didn't care what OS I had on it. They fixed it and sent it back within a week.