The basic thought here is that Linux might not be the "best" OS for any specific task; desktop, mainframe, server, palmtop, etc. There might be a better OS for any particular task.
In all of these tasks Linux is at least "good".
we then change change perspective and see that Linux is the "best" all around OS.
Think Olympics.. Decathalon, Gymanastics, Pentathalon, Track and field, heck even think of the Tour De France. In Gymanstice you might have some one really ggod at balance beam, another really good at floor, a third at bars and maybe horse. These folks get the gold in their specific area, but unless there' pretty good at all of them they won't get the gold for all around performance.
The Tour De France might be a better example; You can have people that are the best in different areas; best in mountains, best in sprints, best in time trials, etc. They can win the stage they are in and good at, but the winner of the race is the best overall, even if they never win any of these areas. Coming in 2nd, 3rd even 4th consistently will win yellow jersey and hold it.
In any of these, there might be someone who is best in a particular event, but that doesn't mean they'll win the gold. That goes to the best all around person or OS.:)
Well it appears that Red Hat has been hit by the growing popularity of Linux.
There was a time when this would have been a non issue. If you didn't like what the Distro contained, you'd replace it yourself. Maybe compile some source code and stick it in, or install a new binary. It would be no big deal, something everyone did to use Linux.
With the growing popularity of Linux, the user base may no longer have the time or skills or both to do this and some definitely don't have the tolerance for any need to do it. Is this a slam against users? No, just recognizing the fact that it's not just the type or kind people it used to be.
All the rants, open letters, diatribes, posts, etc, against Red Hat certainly starts to look like the reactions against Microsoft. To that degree it starts to look like Red Hat is the next MS. It's not all their fault, it's the demands of all the users. The can certainly fall into Microsoft's error of trying to be all things to all users.
This is still Linux though. Everything is still open, the code hasn't been hidden. We can still change it ourselves if we need or want to.
Why not stop all this stuff and start acting like a community of users again. Someone replace gcc 2.96. Then post the code or changes to/., the news groups, a web site etc. So everyone can make the changes themselves if they want. Then Red Hat might even be a leader in the community and post the info or code to their own site for users to get to. Or someone else might just find a new company that does this for them.
We can act more as a community and realize, on all sides, that this won't be the last time this happens and be better prepared to solve the problem when it arises again.
It's about the fact that the poor design of jobs makes many people less effective then they could be. They might be sitting around, working on projects that are essentially a waste of time, continously putting out fires or reinventing the wheel. None of these are the IT guys fault, they are managment's fault.
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The basic thought here is that Linux might not be the "best" OS for any specific task; desktop, mainframe, server, palmtop, etc. There might be a better OS for any particular task.
In all of these tasks Linux is at least "good".
we then change change perspective and see that Linux is the "best" all around OS.
Think Olympics.. Decathalon, Gymanastics, Pentathalon, Track and field, heck even think of the Tour De France. In Gymanstice you might have some one really ggod at balance beam, another really good at floor, a third at bars and maybe horse. These folks get the gold in their specific area, but unless there' pretty good at all of them they won't get the gold for all around performance.
The Tour De France might be a better example; You can have people that are the best in different areas; best in mountains, best in sprints, best in time trials, etc. They can win the stage they are in and good at, but the winner of the race is the best overall, even if they never win any of these areas. Coming in 2nd, 3rd even 4th consistently will win yellow jersey and hold it.
In any of these, there might be someone who is best in a particular event, but that doesn't mean they'll win the gold. That goes to the best all around person or OS.
I'm interested in this stuff. I've got a few ideas as far as what services should be included;
web service
mail
news (monitor sites and newsgroups)
caller id
answering machine
TV monitoring
IM
audio/video (HDTV support)
?
I'm waiting for a TV tuner that can handle digital cable.
I'm curious as too what others are looking for in a home system like this. What else should be included?
Well it appears that Red Hat has been hit by the growing popularity of Linux.
/., the news groups, a web site etc. So everyone can make the changes themselves if they want. Then Red Hat might even be a leader in the community and post the info or code to their own site for users to get to. Or someone else might just find a new company that does this for them.
There was a time when this would have been a non issue. If you didn't like what the Distro contained, you'd replace it yourself. Maybe compile some source code and stick it in, or install a new binary. It would be no big deal, something everyone did to use Linux.
With the growing popularity of Linux, the user base may no longer have the time or skills or both to do this and some definitely don't have the tolerance for any need to do it. Is this a slam against users? No, just recognizing the fact that it's not just the type or kind people it used to be.
All the rants, open letters, diatribes, posts, etc, against Red Hat certainly starts to look like the reactions against Microsoft. To that degree it starts to look like Red Hat is the next MS. It's not all their fault, it's the demands of all the users. The can certainly fall into Microsoft's error of trying to be all things to all users.
This is still Linux though. Everything is still open, the code hasn't been hidden. We can still change it ourselves if we need or want to.
Why not stop all this stuff and start acting like a community of users again. Someone replace gcc 2.96. Then post the code or changes to
We can act more as a community and realize, on all sides, that this won't be the last time this happens and be better prepared to solve the problem when it arises again.
It's not about the turn over.
It's about the fact that the poor design of jobs makes many people less effective then they could be. They might be sitting around, working on projects that are essentially a waste of time, continously putting out fires or reinventing the wheel. None of these are the IT guys fault, they are managment's fault.
These problems cause turnover.