| Fri, Sep 9, 2005. Open Source Is For Pussies | |
I was trying to google a phrase "open source is for pussies" -- hoping to find a T-Shirt that I could wear at work to reflect my attitude towards tendencies like "LETS USE PEAR/LETS USE SMARTY," if you know what I mean. I have a deeply rooted hatred towards unneeded use of someone else's code.
Anyhow, it looks like no one came out with the phrase before (at least not where google can find it) so no t-shirt for me. However, I did come accross a cute comment made by someone to an article titled "Solaris 10 For Free." Here it is:
I have yet to see an install of any open source operating system that has been trouble free. Redhat, Debian, Suse and Mandrake and any other non MS operating system require you to be a geek with a love of command line interfaces and crappy Kernels. Getting a driver to work in open source software is like trying to tie knots in smoke. Knock Windows all you want…it works…99.9% of the time. If you were running a computer shop and had to install a non MS system on each machine you would have to double the price of your products just to cover the man hours needed to get things running smoothly. You would also need to wear 3 star jumpers, high waisters, carry a backpack, have an obsession with astronomy, support the campaign for real ale and have a deep seated hatred for Bill Gates. Windows we love you. |
