Linked by Stefanos "Titanas" Kofopoulos on Tue 17th Dec 2002 06:32 UTC
Hundreds of debates, countless flames, innumerable passionate supporters, no limits, no ending lines, no result. The conflicts keep on going and going and going. It doesn't matter if it's Cisco's IOS, Microsoft's Windows, Suse's Linux or FreeBSD. People struggle to prove their
platform's superiority ignoring that an Operating System is just a tool focusing on specific needs.
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Don't forget about the programmers and what OS they use in post-secondary.
Many in the industry (Scott McNealy for one) have conceded that it's important to have a Linux story because all (sure I'm generalizing here) of today's programmers are coding on this OS.
(I'm sure the *BSDs are used to a lesser extent.)
And let's face it, the OS is quickly becoming a commodity. Economics and Java are pushing this trend.
BTW, I often quote Maslow when this subject comes up:
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
I do think that those in the Microsoft camp can be accused of this more often than those who consider Open Source software for appropriate tasks.
Cheers