David Meyer wrote:
> For those who have not seen the article on Slashdot, Paul Foster was
> interviewed and he made a very interesting statement about Linux:
>
> "I've lost a lot of my enthusiasm for Linux," Foster says. "Here's what
> I mean by that: when I first got involved, I was stoked. Windows sucked,
> and here was something I could tinker with. I could write programs with
> the free compiler, and everything was fairly transparent. At that time,
> Linux was not exactly the easiest thing to figure out, though. Installs
> required a lot of information I didn't know and didn't have to supply to
> Windows. Fast forward 10 years -- I still use Linux almost exclusively
> and with no regrets. But now, I know most of what I need to know to do
> anything I need to do. Installs don't require me to know much, the
> software mostly figures out my hardware. I love Linux. I'm just not
> excited about it. It's like buying a new car. It's cool-looking. It
> smells like a new car. A few months go by. You still like your car. But
> it's now just your car. It's what gets you from point A to point B. You
> don't think much about it."
>
> Great quote Paul...and dead-on accurate. I have spoken to many of my
> Linux-guru colleagues who feel the exact same way. Most are waiting to
> see what the next thing to get them going will be.
>
> You can read the entire article here (http://www.linux.com/feature/118046)
Dang! They didn't tell me they was a-gonna be quotin' me! ;-}
Paul
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