-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 03:34:17PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've heard that one of the original justifications for the GNU > software project was to enable software professionals to have > something to use and hold as they moved from one employer to another, > something that was not stolen.
What about my red stapler? 8:o) > But when your employer provides tools, you really should use the > provided tools. Except, perhaps, in situations where you can save a > project by using something better. Or in situations where it is unlikely > that you will be 'found out'. If you are 'found out', deny using GNU/Linux > on the job. Say you use it to sharpen your skills. It is, as everyone in > business knows, much more difficult than Windoze. I don't hide the fact I use Windows with my employers. Up front, they know it's a take-it-or-leave-it deal, if I have to take work home, I'm going to do it in Linux, end of story. I'll work out the details. > And 'better' is in the eyes of the beholder. I really laughed at the > comic strip in which the cartoon character was hacking Linux to > provide the 'right' shade of blue for the blue screen of death. Outside of the "crash" screen saver, I have yet to see a BSOD in Linux. 8:o) - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/pN0gUzgNqloQMwcRAuOOAJ4kLro7k7Vmztxe1cJQM3hpVG17ywCfYMsi MinT5QH+dCUWT5RpfhvBNYE= =QpDO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
