hey all
I'm doing my engineering in telecommunications. And i was quite amused(cause none of them had actually seen the linux os in operation before) when a lot of guys in my class turned out to be very eager to learn linux.They believe that, and are right to a large extent that linux is the most suitable platform for writing software which could be eventually used for future networks.
I think a lot of us while explaining to other's about the linux os ,start off with talking abt it being a free operating system i think this leads us nowhere.Almost 95-99% of the home users i know use pirated win software and do not pay for it. So i guess the argument of linux being free goes down the drain.
I believe that rather than projecting linux as anti-windows or rival of the windows os we should be looking at it as a very good viable alternative to windows for certain or in some cases for all purposes.
regards venky
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikhil Joshi" nikhiljoshi@subdimension.com To: "Linuxers" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:01 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Interesting Conversation
Hi! I had a conversation with my B.E. comp friend about Linux. Basically he is doing a project in VC++
fr:So you are doing project in Linux right ? me:yeah. C programming in Linux fr:Oh,does Linux have VB,VC ? me:No fr:hmm... so will my VC programs run on Linux? me:No fr:Then what's the use of Linux?
I was stupified. (OK Windows programs can b emulated but still they cannot 'run' right ?)
This is from a guy who had Operating Systems,System Programming,Microprocessor in his syllabus
I guess the whole syllabus is 'DOS' oriented. ppl still cannot digest the fact that there are many other compilers other than the 'standard' Turbo C++ 3.0
Also I've observed that this is the general awareness/attitude of Comp. ppl abt Linux.
I can only imagine what it must be like for Arts/Commerce/ ppl to understand what is Linux
-- Nikhil