I am. Slackware is one of the clean-cut distros. I've used RH & Debian, and I still prefer Slackware. Just because *you* don't use it, don't assume that it's not important. *All* distros are important, they give us a choice, and competition makes for improved products. Any distro to go down lessens Linux as a whole.
By the way, Slackware 'ain't going anywhere, there's just a publishing problem is all.
I would. I'm stuck developing 60% of my work on Win2000 as my company's tools are mostly Windows based; we'll be doing.NET platform when it exits hypeworld and enters the real world, and this would finally allow me to develop on the platform of *my* choice (ie Linux). So I'm not against the idea.
Me too. I'm rather disillusioned by how bigoted and quick to judge so many/. readers seem to be (the ones using their voices, anyway). Frankly as a/. reader for 3 years now I expected more, but I suppose they have traded in one set of biases for another.
Thank you for your unbiased and informed post. As a recently immigrated H1B holder myself, I know first hand the trials one goes through to immigrate. You would think that a country made up of primarily 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants would be more understanding, but your post explains why they are not.
The prime reason the "American" companies are putting money towards GNOME is that GNOME is primarily an American venture, whilst KDE is primarily based in Norway. When it's free software nobody cares where it comes from, when there's money involved, the sponsors want it to be American. All this talk of QT and stability amounts to nothing but hot air, the prime reason is financial.
An excellent piece of writing. Our nose-to-the wall view of the world needs a little illumination from time to time. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is not made a King, but called a liar. -- D.Lee
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I'm there, it's easy if you have a wife who's a good cook and is a vegan. So I suggest you find one ;)
What does this have to do with .NET; I assumed there would be some kind of intermediate code base or something. But all I see is an open platform.
That's because although most /. readers watch Star Trek, very few admit to watching it. Star Wars is apparently cooler. I like both.
I am. Slackware is one of the clean-cut distros. I've used RH & Debian, and I still prefer Slackware. Just because *you* don't use it, don't assume that it's not important. *All* distros are important, they give us a choice, and competition makes for improved products. Any distro to go down lessens Linux as a whole. By the way, Slackware 'ain't going anywhere, there's just a publishing problem is all.
I would. I'm stuck developing 60% of my work on Win2000 as my company's tools are mostly Windows based; we'll be doing .NET platform when it exits hypeworld and enters the real world, and this would finally allow me to develop on the platform of *my* choice (ie Linux). So I'm not against the idea.
Beware the waves of March (depending on the sizes of the chunks); good surfing ;)
Me too. I'm rather disillusioned by how bigoted and quick to judge so many /. readers seem to be (the ones using their voices, anyway). Frankly as a /. reader for 3 years now I expected more, but I suppose they have traded in one set of biases for another.
Sad.
Thank you for your unbiased and informed post. As a recently immigrated H1B holder myself, I know first hand the trials one goes through to immigrate. You would think that a country made up of primarily 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants would be more understanding, but your post explains why they are not.
A South African in New York
The prime reason the "American" companies are putting money towards GNOME is that GNOME is primarily an American venture, whilst KDE is primarily based in Norway. When it's free software nobody cares where it comes from, when there's money involved, the sponsors want it to be American. All this talk of QT and stability amounts to nothing but hot air, the prime reason is financial.
An excellent piece of writing. Our nose-to-the wall view of the world needs a little illumination from time to time. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is not made a King, but called a liar. -- D.Lee