On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Imperfect software by imperfect people used by imperfect users, run on > imperfect machines. > My sentiments as well. > But quite seriously, after using a variety of operating systems I'm > not so sure any OS is actually "better." All of them perform just > fine, and if you're trained and experienced in using a particular OS, > you can perform essentially any task in a reasonable amount of time. > Going from zero to webserver on Debian GNU/Linux is going to take > about as long as it will on Mac OS X Server as it will on Windows > Server as it will on Solaris as it will on BSD - if the person using > it has been trained and is experienced in it. > > Agree. > Similarly, all software has its quirks and problems. I can't use > mpm-worker on Apache 2 because I use mod_perl, so I have to use > mpm-prefork. Getting Ruby on Rails working on IIS on Windows is a > right little slice of hell from what I've heard. Mac OS X Server uses > Apache, so the same oddities apply there as well. > > Now Apache 2 is a perfect example of your rabid open-source > community-driven software, and it's still a load of rubbish. The > Apache 2 migration essentially broke Perl until version 2.2 or so, and > it's still a bit pissy at times (prefork being the only mpm that Perl > will tolerate). > > IIS is a perfect example of your paranoid closed-source IP-grabbing > big-brother software, and it's still a load of rubbish. It doesn't > play well with software stacks that don't end in .NET, and it's > vaunted modular architecture has failed to make it any more ready to > work with other bits of software (such as Ruby on Rails, which is > currently the premiere web language AFAICT). > > Two different philosophies of licensing. Two loads of rubbish. Meet > the new boss, same as the old boss. > > > I had to laugh when I read this b/c quite a bit of my income comes from > > computers / technology, and yet, I pretty much hate computers. Well, not > > really, but you might know what I mean. > > Yes, I've been in quite a few shouting matches with my computer > (including a lovely spell where GCC refused to link a template class > in C++ when I split the header from the implementation. When I put > the implementation back in the header, which is horrible form, it > worked. Go. Figure. I tried using llvm, but they still use the GCC > parser, so until CLang stabilises I'm kinda stuck with GCC for C++. > I've tried using MSVC++ before, but their compiler is so > ill-maintained (they favour C#) and their last C++ standard was so > focused around "managed code" that it takes ages to fight the compiler > into a standards-compliant state. Again, two bits of software of > different philosophies, but they're both rubbish.) > > > I guess it boils down to this: > > In Open-Source, you get what some volunteers want for themselves. > > In Closed-Source, you get what some business-suits think you need. > > Neither of these situations has any kind of accuracy to what you > actually want/need, so all this "OMG LINUX IS TEH SHIT!!!" stuff just > sounds like naïveté to me. So, if you want to save some time, grab > what works for you regardless of who made it. If it costs money, oh > well. That's a cost of doing business. If you can't afford it, then > use the free stuff (even if it's harder/doesn't work as well). That's > a cost of doing business (your time, as opposed to money which could > save you time). > > Works what works. Although I'm an avid Linux and opensource user (and sometimes contributor) but I prefer to stay away from zealotry as much as possible. > Just the thoughts and opinions of a much battered and bruised computer > user. > > -- Penguin, penguin, and more penguin. Believe that within the brain is a brain, and within it another brain, and so on and so forth. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
