The guy walked away. It's like quitting the Internet. Obviously if your reaction is to take your ball and go home (and I know, the ball is everybody's in this situation, but go with it) then you aren't mature enough to handle the responsibility Linus requires.
I'm sick and tired about people bemoaning the GUI. What's wrong with people having a preference? Why is it you make it a superiority contest, when it's just about opinions? Can't you conceive of the notion that other people's opinions aren't for attacking, in the general case?
I like when server monkeys who spend their time working out of manuals and following checklists act like they're irreplaceable stores of arcane knowledge, when in reality pretty much anyone could do the job with six weeks of DeVry under their belt.
If it weren't for people like you, there'd be other people doing the exact same thing with the same mix of contempt and incompetence that marks IT everywhere.
Probably for the same reason that Mac people pretend the fact that they're used to how Macs work somehow makes them objectively superior to everything else.
It's not a stunt. But it's still good PR. That just means they learned not to inflate hopes beyond reasonable expectations. It's a sign of maturity, not sinister intention.
If they start firing celebrities into space at the end of a musical spectacular, that's a stunt and there's reason to worry.
"Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible: if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple."
Who said anything about that? The entire basis of the religion can't withstand a logical argument. I don't have to cherry pick illogical parts from subgroups.
As a nice parallel, have you ever tried have a logic-based argument with a Christian? Pretty much the same deal. The Linux zealots take it as a matter of faith that Linux is the best. Any argument that concludes otherwise must be flawed, simply because it must. There doesn't need to be any reason behind it.
It's amusing to watch, at least - hundreds of supposedly intelligent people are rushing to post personal anecdotes with are intended to demonstrate that things are perfect, as though that has any bearing on what's said in the article.
I'm sorry, force society into what position? To using a product? I see no force anywhere. Technology is a luxury item not necessary in any way to survive.
Of course, it's awfully easy to take the position that other people's shit should be taken away from the them and handed to me. I just see something morally repugnant about that.
It's what happens when people build their entire persona around a single idea. The best thing to do with people who exhibit a singular focus is to ignore them, lest you get sucked into their psychological pathology inadvertently.
Why would it be preferable for me to digest your views as opposed to Rupert Murdoch's? Aside from the obvious bit where you figure anything you believe must be superior.
At least you were honest enough to put educate in quotes.
Why the hell would you care who uses what operating system? There's really nothing to be gained here, aside from the geek-pleasure of watching Microsoft crumble. Even that one makes me wonder what people would get out of it, aside from the glorious Slashdot crowd loving anything successful crumbling.
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The world would be a boring place if we could tell the future.
This conversation is now stuck in an infinite loop of stupidity.
The guy walked away. It's like quitting the Internet. Obviously if your reaction is to take your ball and go home (and I know, the ball is everybody's in this situation, but go with it) then you aren't mature enough to handle the responsibility Linus requires.
I'm sick and tired about people bemoaning the GUI. What's wrong with people having a preference? Why is it you make it a superiority contest, when it's just about opinions? Can't you conceive of the notion that other people's opinions aren't for attacking, in the general case?
I like when server monkeys who spend their time working out of manuals and following checklists act like they're irreplaceable stores of arcane knowledge, when in reality pretty much anyone could do the job with six weeks of DeVry under their belt.
If it weren't for people like you, there'd be other people doing the exact same thing with the same mix of contempt and incompetence that marks IT everywhere.
Probably for the same reason that Mac people pretend the fact that they're used to how Macs work somehow makes them objectively superior to everything else.
It's an interesting sort of dichotomy - people who are gung-ho on the open source typically have closed minds. Strange, that.
It's not a stunt. But it's still good PR. That just means they learned not to inflate hopes beyond reasonable expectations. It's a sign of maturity, not sinister intention.
If they start firing celebrities into space at the end of a musical spectacular, that's a stunt and there's reason to worry.
Does that mean we'll have to explain the joke to all six of you?
Relax, your religious faith will survive my puny slight. Just tell your God to smite me or something.
Who said anything about that? The entire basis of the religion can't withstand a logical argument. I don't have to cherry pick illogical parts from subgroups.
Why doesn't anyone who frequents this site understand what "FUD" actually is?
You can't point out problems to zealots.
As a nice parallel, have you ever tried have a logic-based argument with a Christian? Pretty much the same deal. The Linux zealots take it as a matter of faith that Linux is the best. Any argument that concludes otherwise must be flawed, simply because it must. There doesn't need to be any reason behind it.
It's amusing to watch, at least - hundreds of supposedly intelligent people are rushing to post personal anecdotes with are intended to demonstrate that things are perfect, as though that has any bearing on what's said in the article.
I'm with you, I like a computer with curves and jiggly bits.
There's no better path to profit than courting an audience of people who's explicit goal is to destroy the monetary value of software.
Like my dad always said, opinions are like assholes, and so are you.
I'm sorry, force society into what position? To using a product? I see no force anywhere. Technology is a luxury item not necessary in any way to survive.
Of course, it's awfully easy to take the position that other people's shit should be taken away from the them and handed to me. I just see something morally repugnant about that.
And all they would ask is permanent access to the intellectual property of the company. A pittance indeed for a technology company.
And you probably wonder why no one gives you any respect...
It's what happens when people build their entire persona around a single idea. The best thing to do with people who exhibit a singular focus is to ignore them, lest you get sucked into their psychological pathology inadvertently.
Why would it be preferable for me to digest your views as opposed to Rupert Murdoch's? Aside from the obvious bit where you figure anything you believe must be superior.
At least you were honest enough to put educate in quotes.
Why the hell would you care who uses what operating system? There's really nothing to be gained here, aside from the geek-pleasure of watching Microsoft crumble. Even that one makes me wonder what people would get out of it, aside from the glorious Slashdot crowd loving anything successful crumbling.
You do realize that there are costs aside from the delivery, right?
Thus you loose some of the original signal
That's why I bought a Monster brand signal tightener for only 300 bucks.