10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
12:24 p.m.
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 15:14 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:04 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
We're in agreement there.
-Dave
As one of the Penguin Crowd, I agree. The local linux user's group
seems to be filled with people more interested in flashy gui stuff than
understanding how the system works.
Asking any kind of technical question of them usually meets with
silence. I guess if I asked about configuring compiz or upping my FPS
I'd get a lot of answers.
Brian
The
other amusing thing about which people here (at least) should
know
better is the visibility factor. VMS, OS/400, MVS, and VM are
*everywhere*...but people think they're somehow "dead" because the
only
thing they see in for sale in WalMart is PCs running Windows. Do
these
people really believe PCs running Windows process their bank
transactions,
maintain hospital databases, or run railroads?
Let's also give credit where credit is due - there are huge numbers of
*nix guys that are as bad as the Windows guys. The penguin crowd are
the worst offenders.