I am positive this post will raise the blood pressure of some, but it is long overdue for the Linux community to take an honest look in its respective mirrors.
1) I continue to see online posts about the value of open source software, cooperation, the good of mankind, blah, blah, without having to pay Apple or Microsoft, both of which have a broken, and laughably out-of-date, out-of-touch relationship with their users slash customers. The new head nerd at Mr.Softy proclaimed Ballmer's Billion Dollar Blunder, i.e., Nokia Windows phone, officially over. Not two weeks go by, but Mr. Soft sez, yes we will keep the phone. Huh? Open-Source Complaint Number One: Do not publish a website about linux, et al, and then at the very bottom, you see the wolf's real face (he has two).Just before you click away, they say, oh, by the way, since I am a Linux guru slash genius, I expect the reader, to cough up MONEY for Linux slash conman to go on expensive conferences, webinars, yadda, yadda. Bull! Not happening. LINUX - the dinosaur in the room.Major problems here. Linux, cloned from the U.S. govt., AT&T, etc. is a mess! Stop reinventing the wheel. Linux distros are mostly still in the Stone Age. Yes some open-source programs actually work, and do not require four years of college, and a degree in mathematics to use in one sitting. Libre Open Office comes to mind. Simple, yet elegant. Not interested in controlling a Camaro remotely, I expect the software to perform as intended when released to users. Has anyone ever heard of macros? Plain english? Lose this UNIX verbiage. Silly and outdated. If I wish to PRINT a document, I say print, not lpr. Basically, the evil stepchild of UNIX has promise, but until he steps back, collectively, and sees the obvious basic improvements that are within reach, it will never be all that it could be. Clunky, nerdy Linux must step into the future and forget the arcane and streamline its appearance. Intuitive? No way. I am of a certain age to have a working knowledge of IBM 360, punched card accounting machines, paper tape (five holes ),COBOL and BAL programming languages, computer rooms full of magnetic tape drives, disk storage units the size of a dishwasher, OCR, IBM Selectric typewriters, and of course, teletype machines. Most readers of this post know not of which I speak; too young, no doubt. Worked halfway around the world, in a secure site during the VietNam war-era. Traveled downtown Tokyo by train. Great time. Was there after 1964 Olympics. Cary Grant made a movie there, Walk Don't Run. Majority of those who will view this posting have never worn their country's uniform, which is sad, but true. Linux works, but it could be so much more, if the cave-dwellers would only come outside into the light. I was alive during the period of MUSIC, which is no longer with us. Today there is functonal illiterates in baseball caps and half-naked teens, neither of which can sing, offer a melody or play an instrument. Society moves backwards at the speed of light. Is the Manchurian Candidate among us? You are born..........you live your life...........they throw dirt on your coffin and the mourners go to Starbucks Flame all you want. Sticks and stones. Central Pennsylvania, home of the Seven Mountains, Horseshoe Curve and railway wheels Faves: Chicago Bears Oakland A's Mac OS X Windows Linux Dell computers Canon cameras George Halas Ed Brown Gale Sayers Dick Butkus Dan Hampton Chuck Bednarik Norm Van Brocklin Ramsey Lewis Johnny Rivers Buck Owens Bobby Layne George Blanda Doug Atkins Roger Maris Ned Garver Bob Cerv Cliff Hagan Bob Pettit Jerry West Jerry Bailey Arcangues, Breeder's Cup, $269.20 to win Stage Door Johnny Dr. Fager Secretariat --
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