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Why PHBs Fear Linux
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Let me preface this by saying I support Linux as much as anybody, I couldn't make a living without it. BUT, to expect 'normals' to embrace it like those deep in the IT industry do is a tough pill to swallow. The article correctly points out the MS bias in textbooks, but then goes on to decry them for no references to 'Gnome? GNU? GPL? IBM? SuSE? KDE? Minix?'. The average MBA doesn't care. The average person doesn't care. We have an incredible amount of freedom in our world, but with that freedom comes the responsibility of knowing what to choose. What can we say to somebody who doesn't want to learn all we've learned? The price of ability to choose is the alienation of people who don't wish to choose. Some people like being nothing more than a battery floating in a pod of goo.
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Let me preface this by saying I support Linux as much as anybody, I couldn't make a living without it. BUT, to expect 'normals' to embrace it like those deep in the IT industry do is a tough pill to swallow. The article correctly points out the MS bias in textbooks, but then goes on to decry them for no references to 'Gnome? GNU? GPL? IBM? SuSE? KDE? Minix?'. The average MBA doesn't care. The average person doesn't care. We have an incredible amount of freedom in our world, but with that freedom comes the responsibility of knowing what to choose. What can we say to somebody who doesn't want to learn all we've learned? The price of ability to choose is the alienation of people who don't wish to choose. Some people like being nothing more than a battery floating in a pod of goo.