Re: Wanting opinions...

[Aaron Kenney <awkenney@sbcglobal.net>]

The claims are outrageous, but aren't terribly unpopular. I know a 
number of IT professionals who share not neccessarily the same exact 
points as the author, but at least the same sentiment. Most of this is 
due to experience and comfort level. I personally work in an all-Windows 
environment - not by my own choice of course. :-) If things were to 
change and I was able to put Linux into the works, I would, but not 
across the board, because my knowledge of Linux would not allow me to 
fix arising problems rapidly. Unfortunately, I do work for a boss who 
expects results overnight.
Similarly, I know there are many, especially the older crowd, who herald 
Unix simply because their comfort level with the OS is greater than that 
of Linux. I can't really change this. People generally work under time 
constraints and don't have time to learn a new OS. It's easier for 
people who have been working with Linux for years to say that it is a 
better OS. You've been using it, and you know what to do to make it 
work. My personal issue with Linux is that it offers little to no clues 
on how to make it operate and how to configure it. In Windows, it's 
usually right there in front of you, and not buried behind an archaic 
text command like "help," or require a Google search. I imagine that 
there are some experiences out there for Unix fans that make them see 
basic features of Linux as flaws as well. It's just that I don't abandon 
Linux altogether because I know the problem isn't the OS. It's my 
expectation that I will be able to make Linux operate and configure just 
as quickly as Windows, even when I don't know what the heck I'm doing. 
Do I have any complaints about Windows? Yes. Do I have any about Linux? 
Yes. Do I have any about UNIX? Yes. But do I discount any of these three 
OSes? No. Ultimately, I realize that I am going to have to deal with 
different aspects of operational issues in every OS, but that's only 
because I didn't design in how I wanted everything in the OS to function 
myself. I wouldn't have time to do so if I wanted to, so I just deal 
with it.

-Aaron Kenney


Ken Keefe wrote:

>I have grown into a very avid linux user and a mild-mannered developer.
>That being said, I don't have a wide enough perspective to form a
>reasonable opinion about this article:
>
>http://www.forbes.com/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html
>
>I'm curious as to what other people think. I'm especially interested in
>what people who have been using linux a lot longer than myself (going on
>4 years soon...) think of it. So, as long as this isn't going to start a
>flame war, what is your perspective on what this guy has to say? 
>
>Thanks,
>Ken
>
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