I would imagine that if 60% of the Internet is using the Lin/Apa set-up that a good majority of those are major corporations. I know of at least 4 major players that operate at least a part of their network via a Lin platform. Keep in mind though, that the end-user is usually comprised of computer il'iter'ate individuals. Sounds cold but if you consider your 'placement' on the standardized test then you will understand. If you placed in the top 50% then there is still 50% of the individuals that didn't do so hot. Where do those individuals work-big corporations. What do they do-pretend to use the computer. I've seen individuals with cheat sheets for accessing the menu. In all humbleness I have to admit even with an IQ of 135 I had a cheat sheet for shutting down the server, oh and for saving files via vi, oh and opening files with vi, oh and hold on...here it is one of three composition notebooks created when I first gave Linux a try...hmmm some listings...vi;i;esc;:q!;h;j;k;l;:q;wq...hehehehe and the next three pages...all I know about Name VirtualHost...httpd.conf....log lists...and the great dual boot LILO conflict (still working on it) but what have I to go back to windows for? oh yeah Starseige... Anywho the whole taco is I chose to utilize a stable platform for a few investors. I did not know anything about Linux and I was to later to learn I was WAY out of my league...(I would of quit had it not been for the copius amounts of information from this web-site/l..newbie/l..org/ and so on) I did set it up, it was running, if they paid their bills, they didn't pay mine...but that is a digression...it was running, securely I might add and everything was accomplished from building the dual 500 Mhz/256 Mb installing/initializing OS/Apache/Perl and all that within a month(my fee was 2000.00/mos is that too much?). Praise to the Linux gods. I am about to embark on a new journey and I will demand a Linux platform and a dual 500 Mhz/256 Mb...hopefully I'll get that computer...it was soooooooooooo sweet. Understand that though it is not advertised there are quite a few corporations who would be out on their arses were it not for Linux/Apache. Furthermore, the reason that you do not hear of companies and Linux is because the decision makers/secretaries/ad agencies/presidents/ janitors/production members would not know a mouse from a mouse. There is no "truth" in advertising. If you were to understand what the word "truth" intelled you would see that for "truth" to exist you would have to lay out all of the contingencies, consequences, extraneous situations, etc. Hmmm, what I am trying to say is that all of those non-computer users see nothing but advertisement. Of course, the wannabe's, like me, are a little closer but still in the same boat, we are all oblivious to Linux/Apache/Perl/Unix/Gnome/Mods/Muds/Puds/Pids because we never have a reason to visit Slashdot/Linux Newbie/Linux. Until those individuals who are the true end-users (the ones with cheat sheets for accessing the menu)come around to researching and start ignoring what Investor magazine's ads say about MS aps there will never be any real mention of Corps and Linux. To conclude, a strange thing, I set up the server with a shopping cart called Minivend. When I told the investors what I was about to do they looked glum and with a sigh of exasperation asked how much it would cost...I told them it was free...you should of seen the look of disbelief which turned into discontent and then distress. I had to actually leave Geekdom behind and become a sales person and sell them on the idea that a "free" piece of software was just as good, if not better, than a proprietary one. Geez...sometimes I think everyone's an idiot. Sorry, just burns my hide. By the way, that cheat sheet for the menu was on a sticky note, on the screen, of a VP in a Fortune 500 company. All talk. Patche There is fear when there is the possibility of death, calm
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There is fear
when there is the possibility of death,
calm
I would imagine that if 60% of the Internet is using the Lin/Apa set-up that a good majority of those are major corporations. I know of at least 4 major players that operate at least a part of their network via a Lin platform. Keep in mind though, that the end-user is usually comprised of computer il'iter'ate individuals. Sounds cold but if you consider your 'placement' on the standardized test then you will understand. If you placed in the top 50% then there is still 50% of the individuals that didn't do so hot. Where do those individuals work-big corporations. What do they do-pretend to use the computer. I've seen individuals with cheat sheets for accessing the menu. In all humbleness I have to admit even with an IQ of 135 I had a cheat sheet for shutting down the server, oh and for saving files via vi, oh and opening files with vi, oh and hold on...here it is one of three composition notebooks created when I first gave Linux a try...hmmm some listings...vi;i;esc;:q!;h;j;k;l;:q;wq...hehehehe and the next three pages...all I know about Name VirtualHost...httpd.conf....log lists...and the great dual boot LILO conflict (still working on it) but what have I to go back to windows for? oh yeah Starseige... Anywho the whole taco is I chose to utilize a stable platform for a few investors. I did not know anything about Linux and I was to later to learn I was WAY out of my league...(I would of quit had it not been for the copius amounts of information from this web-site/l..newbie/l..org/ and so on) I did set it up, it was running, if they paid their bills, they didn't pay mine...but that is a digression...it was running, securely I might add and everything was accomplished from building the dual 500 Mhz/256 Mb installing/initializing OS/Apache/Perl and all that within a month(my fee was 2000.00/mos is that too much?). Praise to the Linux gods. I am about to embark on a new journey and I will demand a Linux platform and a dual 500 Mhz/256 Mb...hopefully I'll get that computer...it was soooooooooooo sweet. Understand that though it is not advertised there are quite a few corporations who would be out on their arses were it not for Linux/Apache. Furthermore, the reason that you do not hear of companies and Linux is because the decision makers/secretaries/ad agencies/presidents/ janitors/production members would not know a mouse from a mouse. There is no "truth" in advertising. If you were to understand what the word "truth" intelled you would see that for "truth" to exist you would have to lay out all of the contingencies, consequences, extraneous situations, etc. Hmmm, what I am trying to say is that all of those non-computer users see nothing but advertisement. Of course, the wannabe's, like me, are a little closer but still in the same boat, we are all oblivious to Linux/Apache/Perl/Unix/Gnome/Mods/Muds/Puds/Pids because we never have a reason to visit Slashdot/Linux Newbie/Linux. Until those individuals who are the true end-users (the ones with cheat sheets for accessing the menu)come around to researching and start ignoring what Investor magazine's ads say about MS aps there will never be any real mention of Corps and Linux. To conclude, a strange thing, I set up the server with a shopping cart called Minivend. When I told the investors what I was about to do they looked glum and with a sigh of exasperation asked how much it would cost...I told them it was free...you should of seen the look of disbelief which turned into discontent and then distress. I had to actually leave Geekdom behind and become a sales person and sell them on the idea that a "free" piece of software was just as good, if not better, than a proprietary one. Geez...sometimes I think everyone's an idiot. Sorry, just burns my hide. By the way, that cheat sheet for the menu was on a sticky note, on the screen, of a VP in a Fortune 500 company. All talk. Patche
There is fear
when there is the possibility of death,
calm