wait right there. Linus Torvalds isn't responsible for Linux fanatics, is he? So how can you hold Billy boi responsible for Windoze fanatics?
He he... Did you go through what was written in the link you had earlier posted. Well here it is http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html. Gates (or Billy Boi) does sound a bit fanatic. Steve Ballmer's tirade against FLOSS is well known I thought. And yes it does have racist overtones at times: "How can you trust a programmer in China, instead of a ... like Microsoft?"
Microsoft's _major_ audience includes these "idiots" (no offense meant to windoze users) and I guess nobody, not even the F/OSS community can create idiot proof softwares. Micosoft can hardly keep up to these bigger and better "idiots". Hence the proliferation of worms, viruses, trojans, malware etc...
What is the need for idiot proof software? We can do with some more less-idiotic users though.
Basically *nix users aren't the average computer Joe or Jane.
And why is it so, when Unix is older than Winblows? Because of the apparent idiot-proof-ness of Winblows, and the South-East Asian pirates. It is interesting to note M$'s take on piracy.
Oh yes thanks to Baishampayan for pointing out, Bill Joy wrote vi. :)
Regards, Debarshi
On Monday 19 June 2006 08:37, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote:
He he... Did you go through what was written in the link you had earlier posted. Well here it is http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html. Gates (or Billy Boi) does sound a bit fanatic. Steve Ballmer's tirade against FLOSS is well known I thought. And yes it does have racist overtones at times: "How can you trust a programmer in China, instead of a ... like Microsoft?"
Yes and the precise reason I posted that was because Billy boi is against hobbyists and I hate him for that. But if you look carefully, he has a point. Professional software does need to be an organized and paid effort. Perhaps that was the outlook in 1980s but that has certainly changed now, hasn't it? Linux kernel being an excellent example. What I am trying to convey is that don't stereotype users in either Windoze or the Linux camp. Both camps have their set of fanatics who are really no use to their respective communities.
What is the need for idiot proof software? We can do with some more less-idiotic users though.
No. That is absolutely wrong. We need better educated users thats for sure but the software shouldn't be difficult so that only developers / advanced users can use it. The whole point of the adopting FOSS in India is to bring computing to the masses, isn't it ;).
And why is it so, when Unix is older than Winblows? Because of the apparent idiot-proof-ness of Winblows, and the South-East Asian pirates. It is interesting to note M$'s take on piracy.
Umm...UNIX was never meant to be used by end users. It was always an OS for the engineers / developers / programmers / students. UNIX has a completely different role than Windows. UNIX was intended for the servers while Windows was always intended for the PC / Client / End user.
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