Linked by Andy Tars on Fri 25th Apr 2003 17:06 UTC
João Paredes is an almost-21-year-old student of Electrotecnical and Computers Engeneering at Oporto's State University for Engeneering (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto), in Portugal. He is well known and respected in his community, known to be a visonary and a good leader. Also known to be an excelent programmer, as he's been programming computers for 16 years now (yes, since he was 5).
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I have never heard of João before, even though we are both Portuguese persons, but I've heard of his project a few weeks ago. But sincerely, and to be quite frank, I know not much about it. I'm amazed with his approaches and answers while not fully disappointed with the interview itself, I found that Andi or whoever set the questions for this specific interview, didn’t choose the best questions for a person who’s not involved in either Linux or Windows development as far as I can tell. Maybe I’m deeply wrong here, but if he was involved, he’d probably state that in his introduction.
I think that he neglected the fact that both OS’es follow different designs and directions in its unique and broad scope. Linux is a great implementation of an old OS design while Windows is a bloated implementation of a modern OS design. It’s like comparing buildings of five decades ago and buildings we’re used to see constantly nowadays. While some architects prefer to stick with old designs but improving them greatly (Linux), some remain on the edge of technology but using the wrong approaches to solve the actual problems and barriers and fully enhance their building block structures according to their market (Windows). I personally, need both OS’es too. I avoid x-windows whenever possible, as such Microsoft windows gives me what Linux doesn’t – a stable windows for multimedia purposes. As for programming, I found Linux to be better than Windows, but that is probably because I became a programmer in Linux rather Windows. To finish my comment, I’d like to congratulate João for being humble in his interview. Keep up the good work.