Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
George> THere are still a great many Solaris, HP-UX, and Irix admins George> who have heard the word Linux but that is about the extent of George> their exposure. Many still laugh with Linux is mentioned. Yes, ignorance is a blight on the world. Idiots abound, too. Not enough reason for us to change our versioning scheme for, so far. George> As I mentined earlier, they do not understand at first that George> the version numbers are for the distributions, not of Linux George> itself. They are used to dealing in a world where things have George> particular versions. They know HP-UX 10.20 or Solaris 2.5.1 George> but they can not understand different versions of the same OS George> being the same until it is explained to them. They would not George> understand Sun Solaris at 2.6 and WonderWare Solaris at 4.1. Yes, Yes. But what does this have to do with our versioning? Their ignorance is their cross to bear. George> THe next thing out of their mouth is that they wonder how George> incompatable the different distributions are and most at that George> point dismiss Linux because they just do not have the time to George> sort it all out. They are busy and do not intend to become a George> hobbyist. If they try Linux, they go with Red Hat because it George> is "the standard". All other distributions are seen as fringe George> efforts by these people. THey look at the commercial George> applications providers such as Applix, Informix, etc. and George> note that few if any ship other than Red Hat, Caldera, or George> S.u.S.E. versions of their applications. Try to talk Debian George> to them and they dismiss it saying they just do not have the George> time. Wonderful. We shall thank the lord fasting. I am unsure why we need people like that. They vertainly do not seem part of the free software community yet. When they learn better, maybe they too shall come unto the fold. In the meanwhile, red hat may indeed be the better distribution for them. If they fail to investigate before they make a choice, I sure do not want them; they do not sound like they have the time or the inclination to contribute to the community. And this is about community. Market domination is not a goal for me. manoj -- "A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flaming." Henry Spencer Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null