On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 12:17:06PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Was the Religious Wars debate worthwhile? Should we do it again? If so, on
> what grounds?
>
> Some suggestions I've already received:
>
> * Shells - bash vs. tcsh
>
> * Window Managers - um, you name one, everyone's fanatical about these
>
> * MTAs - qmail vs. Postfix
>
>
> Remember, by offering a suggestion, you look like a good team candidate! ;)
perl vs. python
C vs. C++
"XML for everything" vs. "cluefulness"
debian vs. the rest of the world
"paying extra for sysadmins who understand TCP/IP" vs "hiring MCSEs"
"whinging about script kiddies" vs. "mandating physical punishment
for programmers who use strcat()"
"that outlook express worms are a good thing, in the long run"
"that unconditionally trusting signed objects from Microsoft is wise"
"that if MS don't release Office for Linux within 18 months, they
will wither and die"
"that Linux is just an excuse to sell cool tshirts"
"that Linux is more than 'just the kernel'"
"that Linux is just an excuse to consume caffeine"
"that Linux is just an excuse to go to cool conferences" <-- nb. I
am completely unqualified to argue this one ;)
"that inodes are irrelevant"
"that journalling filesystems are for weenies"
"that any program worth writing can be written using only mmap(), fork(),
ioctl() and strcat()"
Conrad.
-> "that if compaq don't release the iPAQ here soon, at a reasonable
price, I'm going to go fscking postal"
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