Linked by Phoenixfire159 on Wed 6th Dec 2006 02:39 UTC
The title of the article seems familiar to you? Naturally it would, when you read something like this. But I do state the corresponding sentence isn't even grammatically correct, thereby making it difficult for me to parody. I am sure that Linux is not close to extinction but is rather gaining momentum or at least holding its ground.
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RE: A good responce with resonable conclusions
by twenex on Thu 7th Dec 2006 15:11
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RE: A good responce with resonable conclusions
by rcsteiner on Thu 7th Dec 2006 21:01
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Here is another myth. Fortran is used because it is the best programming language available to perform certain specific computing jobs. The right tool for the job. Just as COBOL has yet to be replaced by anything for business computing. Just as Assembler
Absolutely. We're slowly moving from Fortran on HVTIP to other platforms and languages, but for airline mainframe transaction stuff the Fortran language seems to be pretty decent. Of course, we've created our own libraries of external functions over the years so it isn't just a vanilla Fortran we're using, but the core language is still Fortran 77. @FTN in Sperry parlance.
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While this comment is likely to be drowned out in the din of normal commenting here I'll give it a shot anyway.
This article was a very good response to the first post, if a bit to flamish. It is never a good thing to attack the spelling and grammar of someone for whom English is obviously not their native language. Other than that is was ok but for some minor nits I want to pick.
Windows has a much easier to use graphical interface than Linux for novices. Even if you’re an ardent Linux aficionado, you’ve got to concede on this point.
This is a myth. The UI for MS Windows is really quite unintuitive and cumbersome. The only reason everyone thinks it's easy is that it is known and used by so many people that it is the only thing they know. My son started playing with computers when he was five, mostly for playing games. I have available for him a Linux box, a Win2K box and an iMac with OS X. He had as much trouble with the Win2K box as the Linux one but picked up the Mac so fast he started showing me how to do things. Bottom line; the WinXX GUI is not easier than most X-windows options.
In many ways you can think of this like V for Vendetta. Linux is an idea, and ideas never die. Hell, people still program in Fortran. Why? Because no matter how many companies out there release programming tools to compete with Fortran, it’s an idea that’ll never die.
Here is another myth. Fortran is used because it is the best programming language available to perform certain specific computing jobs. The right tool for the job. Just as COBOL has yet to be replaced by anything for business computing. Just as Assembler
GUI’s are not Microsoft-invented concepts as the previous author implies; indeed many attribute the first GUI to Apple.
Two word: Xerox PARC.
Someone will probably have something to say about these points (if this comment even gets any eyes) but it's enough to know that I did my part in trying to break the myths holding the computer world in their grips.
Or something like that.