It's not about giving Microsoft a break, it's about giving PEOPLE a break by training them in skills that matter.
I'm pro-Linux. I've been using UNIX at college and at work constantly for 13 years - so I like it when UNIX or its friends succeeds.
But, I also use Microsoft operating systems and tools. For email, for office communications, documentation, planning, etc.
Regardless of all the anti-MS hype, their stuff does work and work well.
Blindly supporting Linux like you support a football team or a religion isn't going to make Linux what it isn't. It isn't going to make Linux the number one skill required by computer users in business. It isn't going to make all the productivity apps have a reasonalby common user-interface and cut-and-paste and document embedding and scripting ala Visual Basic.
Microsoft training will get people past the resume pile and into the interview. That's what the big deal is.
Linux is cool - I use it at home when I want to do work after-hours. But it's not "ready" yet. Saying it is, wishing it so, attacking nay-sayers and trying to convince people may make you personally feel better, but it doesn't make Linux what it isn't.
Linux makes a good platform for UNIX developers and Web systems developers... but pretty much every version of UNIX that has ever tried to make it on the desktops of people outside these fields have gone away. Even CAD has moved away from UNIX and onto the Microsoft platform.
Linux is good for many people, but not the majority. Support it, be proud of it, but don't oversell it... otherwise you'll be one of those people who speaks alot, but to whom no one listens.
Regards,
TheBritishGuy.
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It's not about giving Microsoft a break, it's about giving PEOPLE a break by training them in skills that matter. I'm pro-Linux. I've been using UNIX at college and at work constantly for 13 years - so I like it when UNIX or its friends succeeds. But, I also use Microsoft operating systems and tools. For email, for office communications, documentation, planning, etc. Regardless of all the anti-MS hype, their stuff does work and work well. Blindly supporting Linux like you support a football team or a religion isn't going to make Linux what it isn't. It isn't going to make Linux the number one skill required by computer users in business. It isn't going to make all the productivity apps have a reasonalby common user-interface and cut-and-paste and document embedding and scripting ala Visual Basic. Microsoft training will get people past the resume pile and into the interview. That's what the big deal is. Linux is cool - I use it at home when I want to do work after-hours. But it's not "ready" yet. Saying it is, wishing it so, attacking nay-sayers and trying to convince people may make you personally feel better, but it doesn't make Linux what it isn't. Linux makes a good platform for UNIX developers and Web systems developers... but pretty much every version of UNIX that has ever tried to make it on the desktops of people outside these fields have gone away. Even CAD has moved away from UNIX and onto the Microsoft platform. Linux is good for many people, but not the majority. Support it, be proud of it, but don't oversell it... otherwise you'll be one of those people who speaks alot, but to whom no one listens. Regards, TheBritishGuy.