This was accidently posted and Shannon contacted me off-list about it. No problem. That said, everyone remember that this thread is closed. :-)
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" Download your free copy: http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Roddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General at brlug.net> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] .NET is just another technology was Re: FoxNews column > > >> Of course not.. I'm incredulous at your wishing MS would collapse under >> your own weight when if that happened right now, you would have no job. >> I >> currently don't have ANY illusions whatsoever about what would happen to >> me >> if that happened. > > > I don't think that would happen to anyone. Developers are paid for > their ability to apply algorithms & processes in the form of code, not > memorize one language over another. If M$ went belly up overnight, > people would move to another platform/language/whatever and solve > problems with that new solution. > > If Linux, Windows, whatever disappeared overnight it would take a bit > of migration time, but life would go on, and any developer worth his > salary would adapt. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
