Linked by Thom "Slakje" Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2003 19:04 UTC
Misinterpreted. I think that is about the best word around to describe the reactions to my previous article. Whether it has been misinterpreted due to people only reading what they want to read, due to an unclear choice of words on my behalf, or other factors, I am going to try it again. I will try to explain my position, again. Now, more stable, the code has been rewritten from scratch!
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It is only flame bait if you wish it to be so...
Personally, I like Linux more than Windows (for a lot of reasons) - but I was perfectly able to read the articles without being offended by them.
Maybe because I happen to agree with the author on certain points:
- Surely, Linux is great (especially if you take into consideration the quality/price factor). But it isn't perfect (or bliss, if you will). And how would you expect Linux to improve if people who critizise it are ignored, flamed and banished from the community by loud-mouthed zealots who seem to be blinded by the forementioned bliss?
- The UNIX way of organising it's files is quite confusing to newbies... Not because files belonging to a package are spread all over the system, but because of the meaningless (for newbies) names for the directories...
What's in /lib? What's the difference between /lib and /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib? (and the same goes for /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and so on). There's no reason to have all these different places for binaries any longer. There was a time when that was practical, but it simply doesn't apply to the average desktop system.
It's a hot hot topic that really depends on your viewpoint.
That's not an excuse for being rude. People should be able to counter his arguments without starting flame-wars, of which we have seen enough already.
Yours sincerely,
Simon