Why not use Linux?

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You can compile anything you want. Redistribute anything you want. You
can name the OS distribution your name burn CDs with it and make a
donation to 100 schools. You can make a distribution boot from a
memory stick. You can make your own filesystem, call it MyFS and be
forever happy. You can call yourself Chief Software Architect. You
don't have to sign NDA. It's called freedom. GNU Public License.
 
While creating my own filesystem and booting from a memory stick sounds
really cool and liberating, I find Visual Studio.NET and MS Office to be far
more useful.

WKidd
 
gnu said:
You can compile anything you want. Redistribute anything you want. You
can name the OS distribution your name burn CDs with it and make a
donation to 100 schools. You can make a distribution boot from a
memory stick. You can make your own filesystem, call it MyFS and be
forever happy. You can call yourself Chief Software Architect. You
don't have to sign NDA. It's called freedom. GNU Public License.
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I doubt it's a serious question but consider that some people have other
things to do that make their own filesystem.

The big question is: Why not make your own donuts?

You can put anything you want on them. Redistribute any way you want You
can put them in a bag or a box with your name on the packaging and make a
donation to 100 (or even 200) schools. You don't have to worry about memory
stick compability You could make them square if you wanted. You can call
yourself a Master Baker. And of course you don't have to sign a NDA. I
wouldn't call it freedom but it also heats the home nicely during the winter
and is unaffected by the GNU Public License.
 
You can use software called 'Mono' ro run some .NET programs on Linux,
although, there is no VS.NET IDE for Linux
 
gnu said:
You can compile anything you want. Redistribute anything you want. You
can name the OS distribution your name burn CDs with it and make a
donation to 100 schools. You can make a distribution boot from a
memory stick. You can make your own filesystem, call it MyFS and be
forever happy. You can call yourself Chief Software Architect. You
don't have to sign NDA. It's called freedom. GNU Public License.
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Because I have *real* work to do, and don't have unlimited time to figure
out why my (fill in the blank) won't work. Because my PC is not a toy, but a
tool of my profession that must produce for me reliably and on time. Oh, the
output has to be compatible with software on the PC's of all the other
business, government and education professionals with whom I deal daily. I
could go on, but...
 
1) I am not a teenager and i need money. And think about redhat or suse...
maybe their distribution is free, but the support is not free and it is more
expensive that a Windows enginer! They need money for the support ... and
for commercials and developers. Ask to your father how he bought your
computer.
2) I "can compile anything i want" with VS ... Maybe you haven't found the
menu in VS that builds binaries? Would you like some help?
3) I redistribute what i want ... but i ask some money to customers!
4) You create your own filesystem. I create my own filesystem. Are we sure
that your softwares will be full compliants with my filesystem? What
happened if everybody create his own file system? answer : a come back of 20
years in the past ....
5) "Chief Software Architect" ... hu ... this title is under the GNU public
license??? I call you "Teenager" ... with "T" capital letter.
 
Linux is a great OS, but the question is not so much Windows versus Linux,
but why a Linux advocate would even care what is going on in a Windows based
newsgroup, except to troll for answers. As I have plenty of troll food
available, I am willing to bite.

For many, the answer is: .NET is where the jobs are in my market. You may
think this is stupid, but there are many markets where Linux skills and 50
cents will buy you a cup of coffee (except at Starbucks, where it is around
$3.50). In other markets, .NET skills have similar value. In Nashville,
where I live, the world revolves around Microsoft. There are some Java jobs,
UNIX jobs, Oracle jobs, but the strong suit here is anything Microsoft. If
you are very good at Microsoft software, you are employed; if you know .NET,
you are becomming more and more valuable each day.

As for the freedom comment, it really depends on your definition of freedom.
To many, freedom would be equated with ease of use. To others it is simply
the amount of money spent. Linux has a much steeper learning curve (although
it is shortening). As such, it requires more time to learn. How much is your
time worth? Mine is worth a lot, with what I pull in per hour, so learning
Linux is a luxury, not a freedom. As I am a bit of a mega-geek, I have Linux
distros in the house and feel rather comfortable around the whole UNIX
kernel concept (to me, Linux is UNIX for Intel, which I realize is an
oversimplification). But, the time spent learning Linux could have been
spent learning something directly more profitable. With that in mind, is
Linux really free?

If you are in school, and have the freedom of time (at least while the
parent's/scholarship/personal money holds out), Linux is very appealing. I
would not knock anyone that takes that route either. Just be prepared to
live where the Linux jobs are (or convert to UNIX, if it is a more proper
decision). If they are in sufficient numbers in your city, or you get really
good at Linux and can demand top dollar, more power to you.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

**********************************************************************
Think Outside the Box!
**********************************************************************
 
That is a false perception of GNU license. Just because you provide the
distro for free does not mean you cannot make money. The word Redhat comes
to mind.

In the end, there is likely to be more profit in a "for profit" OS, but the
model could change over time.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

**********************************************************************
Think Outside the Box!
**********************************************************************
 
Greg, You say
". If
you are very good at Microsoft software, you are employed; if you know ..NET,
you are becomming more and more valuable each day.
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I've fed the troll many times... umm, I even like donuts, but about the
statement above, can I tell my wife this? She's gonna love it! <g>

Sometimes she thinks just the opposite.

Giac
 
gnu said:
You can compile anything you want. Redistribute anything you want. You
can name the OS distribution your name burn CDs with it and make a
donation to 100 schools. You can make a distribution boot from a
memory stick. You can make your own filesystem, call it MyFS and be
forever happy. You can call yourself Chief Software Architect. You
don't have to sign NDA. It's called freedom. GNU Public License.
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I've tried many times.

Linux may give the user more power to create a useful OS, but I don't want
to have to build a new OS from scratch.

I don't know too many items that you buy, bring home and then decide how YOU
want to put them together.

When Linux is useful right out of the box, without confusing me to death
during the install, it might be a great user OS.
 
Grahammer said:
I've tried many times.

Linux may give the user more power to create a useful OS, but I don't want
to have to build a new OS from scratch.

I don't know too many items that you buy, bring home and then decide how YOU
want to put them together.

When Linux is useful right out of the box, without confusing me to death
during the install, it might be a great user OS.
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Amen! Well said.
 
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