There may be some small validity to it. In LJ, even that guy who put all the alpha cpus together over 100 mbps ethernet, debugging the code for the alphas along the way, in order to render the water for the movie 'Titanic', said 'The satisfaction in this success actually made up for the stress incurred in risking one's job and career'. In the EE department of our school there is a new professsor who has made big waves (and some devoted friends) by stripping out a bunch of Win95 systems from the labs he is responsible for and replacing them with Linux systems. People whined incessantly while we got accounts set up, printing and netscape working, etc. At first all they did on the systems was login quake password quake, but I notice that in recent days xpilot has come to predominate (following the traditional substance over style evolutionary pattern which almost always favors Linux). Still, the amount of heat he took for the operation was considerable, and it probably had a negative impact overall on his student reviews (with high standard deviation of course, as there are a number of people who approve completely). All in all then, I have to agree that the article has a point, though the tone with which they expressed it was disgusting. Linux really isn't right for gutless corporate weasles with little knowledge about what they are doing and impatient closed-minded bosses.
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > George Bonser wrote: > > > > Agreed, cancel all subscriptions to ZD magazines. Badmouthing Linux > > could be a career limiting move for an editor. > > And as Bugs Bunny would say - "What a maroon!". > > > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > > > > > > Yo- > > > > > > I received this and couldn't believe this! What an irresponsible piece of > > > pro-Microsoft propaganda. Ziff-Davis has sunk to a new low. > > > > > > -Ian > > > > > > btw, pardon my french > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 03:15:02 -0500 (EST) > > > From: Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: Team AnchorDesk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Fired for Linux? / Win98 Now / Hot Products > > > > > > __________Berst Alert____________________ > > > COULD YOU GET FIRED FOR CHOOSING LINUX? > > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0216ba/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1774.html > > > > > > Linux fanatics cite the freeware operating system > > > as a viable alternative to Windows NT. Sure it has > > > technical merits, but can it pass the all-important > > > "cover your backside" test? Seems to me that championing > > > Linux could be a CLM (career-limiting move) at many > > > large corporations. For your own sake, keep this > > > in mind when reading the glowing articles about its > > > growing popularity. Links, stats and other career-protecting > > > information await you at the site. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > > > > > > George Bonser > > If NT is the answer, you didn't understand the question. (NOTE: Stolen sig) > > http://www.debian.org > > Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- > ----------------------------------------- > Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mary bought a pair of skates > upon the ice to frisk > now wasn't that a crazy way > her sweet young *? > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
