One sane voice in the crowd
I am naturally reviewing and following many blogs and news sites related to Linux. There are two themes that keep strong presence in the Linux related media. This are of course:
- Is Linux ready for being Desktop operating system?
- Bitching Microsoft.
I must say that I am myself is guilty of expressing my point of view on the first issue.
As for the second issue, I must say that I am truly overwhelmed with amount of dirt that being consistently spilled on Microsoft. I am not a great fun of the Redmond giant, but this blind hate has never did any good to anyone.
At last, there is one sane voice in the crowd. Have a look: http://www.pcmech.com/article/good-linux-users-dont-talk-about-microsoft/
I regularly have to deal with software development in a Windows environment using Microsoft tools, and our corporate network is VERY Microsoft-centric, so I do a bit of bitching (mostly to myself and some friends) about Microsoft’s non-open standards, and how developing in .NET for example can be a headache since the tools are almost as prone to breaking as your buggy code
@Clayton
I can understand this. Bitching M$ just to have a good laugh. But thinking about it objectively, this is doesn’t make any sense at all. Is QT, for example, less bug prone then .NET? I don’t think so.
@Alexander Sandler –
True, but the main difference being that with QT, any small issues you can (at least attempt to, lol) fix yourself since the full source is released, however with .NET, the best you can do it submit the bug to Microsoft, and sit back and wait months for them to release a patch.
I would never go out of my way to bash Microsoft on the public level, and I deal a fair amount of non-public bashing to linux as well
Oh well. This is something I cannot argue with
This is indeed one strong point in favor of FOSS.