Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:03:16PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> ...
>
> In a company where opensource products are referred to as "freeware" and
> where many of the tools I *have* to use have no Linux-based alternative,
> I'm best off using MS crap. My boss would not be impressed if I told
> him that something looks slightly different because I'm using a "better"
> tool than the one the company has already paid for.
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.
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.
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.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@peakpeak.com
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