state of the world<\/b><\/u> – Linux, Microsoft, skydiving<\/p>\n
I want to make sure I say this – especially because I just applied for a lot I like Linux<\/a>. Really I will be happy to work in a Linux\/OpenSource environment (there, I said it)<\/p>\n However… there are times when you just have to look at that community and In fact, a recent This is the "free" and "open" technical venue we are supposed Now the reality is that Microsoft turns out some great stuff. It doesn’t always Some things will simply never change. In the end, unless there is a lot of
\n of contracts on Guru<\/a>
\n and you never know who might be checking in!<\/p>\n
\n I do. Penguins are cute. I have been running Linux servers for a long, long,
\n long time and our live environment is still a Linux box. I know Perl<\/a>,
\n I can do Python<\/a> and
\n I like my Apache<\/a>. I
\n can code for Linux like nobody’s business and I rock as an admin. <\/p>\n
\n for a client!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n shake your head in wonder. Let’s take a look at this
\n little gem<\/a>, a satiristic "Halloween Memo" from "Bill Gates".
\n Now, if you want to know what is keeping Linux down… go read that ‘memo’ then
\n go on ahead and read
\n the reactions<\/a> on that bastion of technical fervor at slashdot. You will
\n see a few things right off the bat:<\/p>\n\n
\n so strong it is completely blinding the vision<\/li>\n
\n make sure it is all "free"<\/li>\n
\n and broken as their commercial counterparts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n thread<\/a> on the linux developers list shows that any dissent in the ranks
\n brings the hounds out in full force including invitations to violence complete
\n with an address to go to. It begins to show that there is actually a lot of
\n unrest over there – but no one wants to speak up for fear of retribution. All
\n the while bugs that have been corrupting
\n hard drives<\/a> go ignored.<\/p>\n
\n to trust with our servers?<\/p>\n
\n start off great – but it almost always winds up that way – or it gets dropped
\n early. Linux is not new you know – it’s been a few years now – long enough for
\n Microsoft to react. Long enough, in fact for it to become clear that Linux is
\n not moving forward as fast as it would seem technically. There is a lot of political
\n infighting in there, and a lot of broken code. Even the non-technical reader
\n can appreciate some
\n of the exchanges<\/a>, even among the big
\n boys<\/a> in the Linux world.<\/p>\n
\n $$$ involved innovation stops it seems. So let me make something else clear:\n<\/p>\n