In other words, like many religious folk, the Linux-loving crunchies in the open-source movement are a) convinced of their own righteousness, and b) sure the whole world, including judges, will agree.
So what the hell is a crunchie? For sure they are no more self righteous that a journalist who are always right. If you doubt, just ask them.
Way back in the pre-PC era, RCA had an interesting 8 bit microprocessor that I remember slowing the clock down to 60 hertz and it would function. I belive there was also a rad-hard one used in satellites. Very handy for reducing power consumption.
Please, Nasa and cheap access to space? This turkey was never going to fly with out cubic increase$ in budget. Too many new technologies with lots of unknows to ever build on a fixed price contract. X-Prize is more likely to get you cheap rides and besides, I can do much more good with the money than Nasa. Good riddance.
His comments were not about linux. They were about getting his name and company in print. Push a couple of hot buttons to sound controversial and you too can get mentioned in an article. CFO's live in a world of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). The entrire article was about managing FUD and not on servers, their OS, or any other technical issue. These people need pity not scorn.
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In other words, like many religious folk, the Linux-loving crunchies in the open-source movement are a) convinced of their own righteousness, and b) sure the whole world, including judges, will agree.
So what the hell is a crunchie? For sure they are no more self righteous that a journalist who are always right. If you doubt, just ask them.
Way back in the pre-PC era, RCA had an interesting 8 bit microprocessor that I remember slowing the clock down to 60 hertz and it would function. I belive there was also a rad-hard one used in satellites. Very handy for reducing power consumption.
Please, Nasa and cheap access to space? This turkey was never going to fly with out cubic increase$ in budget. Too many new technologies with lots of unknows to ever build on a fixed price contract. X-Prize is more likely to get you cheap rides and besides, I can do much more good with the money than Nasa. Good riddance.
His comments were not about linux. They were about getting his name and company in print. Push a couple of hot buttons to sound controversial and you too can get mentioned in an article. CFO's live in a world of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). The entrire article was about managing FUD and not on servers, their OS, or any other technical issue. These people need pity not scorn.