30 Aug
2008
30 Aug
'08
12:35 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc at mdrconsult.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Free Linux and OpenOffice - even if your email address doesn't
end in .edu - (was Re: OT: Microsoft crazy academic deal)
Please, I beg you guys.
As a Unix/Linux admin and instructor, I endure this kind of pointless
bickering on a weekly basis, in my classes and on the various unix fora I
frequent.
The absolute common denominator is that nobody ever changes his/her
mind.
Could we please, please not do it here?
Doc
I agree - I think people have the impression that I'm an MS bigot, simply
because I posted a link to a cheap academic copy of Microsoft, and nothing
could be further from the truth. I have been using FreeBSD (albeit, not for
a while), Linux, etc.. since the early 90's.
Actually, I abhor what Microsoft has done to the entire world of sw
development. By now, we should have the computer equivalents of Maseratis,
and instead we have beetles. They have stunted the entire industry for
years.
However, I am a realist. I think each has their place, and I absolutely
applaud everything these open-source developers have done over the years,
usually for NO monetary of personal gain. Simply satisfaction, and because
there was a problem, and they had the ability to create a solution.
At my office, we have everything from AS/400 servers, to IBM AIX RS/9000
servers, Linux boxes, Windows boxes, and even Apple workstations and
Xserves.
I, myself, have a few Linux boxes at home, one of which is my OpenFiler NAS.
Tony