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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Now these 6 statements were taken from the second paragraph of the orginal article. After reading that particular paragraph, I read no further and did not read the comments either, having seen the original article for what it was, a troll.
A troll? I think not! The author is simply explaining his opinions on different matters (which you may would have understood completely if you did read the whole article).
1. (already commented)
2. Compared to Windows, not nearly as many hardware devices are supported. This is, however, not Linux's fault, as a lot of drivers for Windows are developed by third party vendors (e.g. those who created the hardware in the first place). As Linux isn't quite as widely used, hardware vendors have not yet prioritized the development of Linux drivers very high... The will change, hopefully...
3. Using another OS than the one that was shipped with the computer is geekish, like it or not... In order to install a new operating system you need to have certain technical skills... Not to mention that (almost) only geeks would be unsatisfied with Windows.
4. I think it is the "suddenly" part that is the focus, not the "paid for" part... First it's free, then you have to pay for it, suddenly... That's not a healthy policy.
5. (no comment)
6. Agreed, software installation on some Linux distributions is 'crappy'... However, things like Portage (emerge), Debian's apt-get and Mandrake's urpmi are far superior to Windows' InstallShield thing, as they keep total control over every (every!) file installed in a central place, making maintaining installed software a breeze...
Now the author writes a second article, decrying the fact that he was flamed. He is either misinformed, or trolling a second time, at the reader's expense.
In fact, no one asked you to read the article... But since that's a lousy argument, I must say that I think it is justifiable to 'cry' about being flamed, as it is a very childish way of performing your opinions and shouldn't be exercised at all, especially not in supposedly mature boards like this one... (oh well)
- Simon