Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] Take 1.5 hrs to learn why linux sucks. ;)

[Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 04:39, Felix Sheldon wrote:

> And if Linux is an improvement on Unix, then how come there's still
> Unixes? 

For the same reason we still have George W. Bush as President, M$ as a
popular OS, and McDonalds as a popular fast food restaurant.  People
don't do smart, they do convenient, they do superstitious, they do
ego...

No, I don't think GNU/Linux is the right choice in all circumstances,
but it's also true people don't commonly make the "right" choice (is
there always only one?) - rather they make the choice they want to
make.  And then spend enormous time justifying, defending, arguing their
choice so they can attempt to reconcile their surroundings with their
choice.  So they feel more comfortable, so their self-image isn't
challenged.

It happens inside people's heads, but they pretend it's what's going on
generally.  Reality is for people who are willing to accept that things
are the way they turn out to be, rather than the way we find
convenient.  (Although sometimes I find things to be convenient, too. 
Bonus.)

And on behalf of the United States, I would like to offer my most humble
apologies for the McDonalds virus.  Although, on reflection, perhaps the
Clown shoud have tipped us all off...

I like the approach of requiring non-proprietary formats in publicly
owned software and data...it is ours, after all.

Cheers,
Bret
born in the USA and moved to Aotearoa
-- 
bwaldow at alum.mit.edu