RedHat

[numa at thenuma.com]

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> _Sigh_
>
> Isn't this a bit like talking about Religion?  No...more like the
> conversations I have with my Mac addict friend.  He spends hours and
> hours trying to get me to stop using windows or any form of linux, and
> to start using mac.  By itself, that's fine.  I like driving Nissan
> cars, so I recommend them to others.  Where it is _not_ fine is the
> reasoning behind it.  He tries to get me to use a mac because he wants
> to "save" me.  He wants me to see that there are "better and faster"
> hardware components and that it's so much easier to use, and that the
> point of using computers is to use computers...not to fiddle with dot
> files or up2date or whatever. So...he wants to save me from my computer
> and help me see that there is a "true" computer.  Even if I enjoy using
> windows or linux, I'm still not getting all that technology has to offer
> in his view.  Unless I switch to mac, I'll never be happy.
>
> Are we doing the same thing here?  Redhat sucks because it's not the
> "true" linux.  It's like:
>
> RH user: "I enjoy using redhat, it's working out great for me."
> RealNix User: "But it sucks.  "
> RH: "But...I like it.  And I've had no problems. "
> RealNix: "Yeah...but it sucks.  So, you _cant_ enjoy it."
> RH: "But I do."
> RealNix: "No you don't.  You can't.  It's crappy at it's core...so even
> if it works for you, you're missing the big picture, and are not having
> any fun."
> RH: "Okay...whatever you say.  I like it."
>
> Why try to convince someone that their distro sucks when it works 100%
> fine for them?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <numa at thenuma.com>
> To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: RedHat
>
>
>> I agree.  it does suck.  No question.  That's not to say windows is
>> better.  Simply that people have gotten used to windows sucking.  To
>> revolutionize the desktop, away from a court recognized monopoly,
>> linux has to be DRASTICALLY easier.  Like a toaster.
>>
>> Kris
>>
>> > That was rather personal and bordering on flame bait. My competency
>> as a
>> >  programmer is irrelevant to this argument. What is in question is
>> how
>> > competent of an 'end user' I am. I am a competent end user which
>> makes me more than qualified to say the end user experience on
>> RedHat (and Mandrake, SUSE and Lindows) sucks.
>> >
>> > Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
>> >> Quoting Charles Steinkuehler <charles at steinkuehler.net>:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>So where can we download your disto?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> He's right, Jason.  When you've published a useful Linux program,
>> and documented it was well as you say RedHat should be documented,
>> you'll have credibility.
>> >>
>> >> Hey, I wrote my own "your product is crap" letter to RedHat when I
>> started.  Lots of people have been there.  We're just trying to
>> help you keep from embarassing yourself on a publicly archived,
>> >> internationally accessible permanent record.
>> >>
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>> > Jason Clinton
>> > I don't believe in witty sigs.
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