Linked by Preston Liam Whels on Wed 16th Apr 2003 18:07 UTC
Put yourself in his/her shoes. You're a budding young technical writer and the one word you hear popping up in almost every tech-related conversation is, you guessed it, Linux. Now look in the mirror and try to tell yourself you're more than a writer. After all, you write about technology because it not only interests you, but you're accurate and fair enough to tell it like it is. Maybe not.
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the author obviously spends too much time online, and in particular slashdot.
if he spent a little more time with real people, he would realize how ignorant he is.
I attend linux user group (LUGs) meetings, cisco study groups, and do a lot of consulting work. I can tell you that in my experience, a lot of people ARE interested in linux and what it has to offer. I'm NOT seeing a lot of Microsoft bashing. Quite the contrary, most of us are still heavily involved with Microsoft products, and a not insignificant percentage of us make a living supporting MS products.
For a writer, using the ole "point 1, point 2, point 3..." system, sure looks like he lacks an ability to write a cohesive and cogent article about linux.
an old tactic created to look like you have more evidence on your side.
bah.
and to the rest of you who agree with him, logoff once in a while, go find a real person that you can shake hands with, AND is proficient in two or more platforms.
you'll find that your slashdot/osnews molded perspective is quite wrong.