I see this as an attribute. Being lazy entails taking shortcuts, doing bodge-jobs (that will be passed to others for maintainace), delegating tasks, and anything else that will give you an easier time.
Don't get me wrong; I'm a perfectionist at heart. But being lazy is a Good Thing.
Good example:
Rommel (WW2 German General Geezer) used to recruit `lazy' intellegent men as his top commanders, particularly because they were the most willing to delegate. Dillegent, intelligent men were consigned to junior offer roles as they would insist upon too much personal control and responsibility.
IBM are (I believe) making copper technology chips, and have been tipped to superseed Intel in new low-power chip technology. They appear to be following Intels recent interest in Linux in looking for an alternative OS to MS Win*.
I'd argue that this can only be good.
IBM's support for Apache is notable, and I'd say this could be a good example of commercial partnership with the Open Source movement - something I'm all in favour with (given certain caveats).
I'm not old enough to appreciate your concerns over the `Big Blue', but I'm sure they're grounded. However, times change...
Ultimately the Open Source community can only wait and see. The ball is in IBM's court.
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Off Topic, but hey: got my first PC & use & know Linux at work. Five days of Win98 are driving me *mad*. Can anyone tell me how to partition my hard drive from Win98 so as I can install RH5.2?
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I'm a programmer in the UK and I'm *lazy*.
I see this as an attribute. Being lazy entails
taking shortcuts, doing bodge-jobs (that will
be passed to others for maintainace), delegating
tasks, and anything else that will give you an
easier time.
Don't get me wrong; I'm a perfectionist at heart.
But being lazy is a Good Thing.
Good example:
Rommel (WW2 German General Geezer) used to recruit
`lazy' intellegent men as his top commanders,
particularly because they were the most willing
to delegate. Dillegent, intelligent men were
consigned to junior offer roles as they would
insist upon too much personal control and
responsibility.
Dillegence only goes so far.
Don't Work Harder, Think Smarter.
Thanks for reading; that's my 0.02 Euros
Swamp
IBM are (I believe) making copper technology chips, and have been tipped to superseed Intel in new low-power chip technology. They appear to be following Intels recent interest in Linux in looking for an alternative OS to MS Win*.
I'd argue that this can only be good.
IBM's support for Apache is notable, and I'd say this could be a good example of commercial partnership with the Open Source movement - something I'm all in favour with (given certain caveats).
I'm not old enough to appreciate your concerns over the `Big Blue', but I'm sure they're grounded. However, times change...
Ultimately the Open Source community can only wait and see. The ball is in IBM's court.
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Off Topic, but hey: got my first PC & use & know Linux at work. Five days of Win98 are driving me *mad*. Can anyone tell me how to partition my hard drive from Win98 so as I can install RH5.2?
CH