Linus: Microsoft Hatred is a Disease

OSNews ^ | July 23rd

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

It sounds as if you used an installation disk, and not a LIVE CD/DVD.

Just to be safe in the future, i suggest that you go with another Debian fork (like Ubuntu), Knoppix.

Knoppix is often used as a diagnostic tool, because it allows you read access to your Windows partition (as would an installed Linux OS). i’ve used it in the past to diagnose problems on my Linux configuration.

Knoppix CAN be installed, but it is a bit more difficult, as no graphical installer has been created for it. As a result, it is much more difficult to accidentally install.

i apologise for the flippant first response, but you must realise that the linux enthuiasts have taken quite a bit of FUD from certain quarters over the years.

i get tired of being called a communist (or communist supporter) simply because i use an OS that doesn’t require me to spend almost half my computer time maintaining it.

Knoppix:

http://www.knoppix.net/get.php

[papasmurf]

I'm a big believer in "technology over politics". I don't care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don't have to worry about licensing etc issues.

I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.

There are 'extremists' in the free software world, but that's one major reason why I don't call what I do 'free software' any more. I don't want to be associated with the people for whom it's about exclusion and hatred."

The world needs more "real think" like this.

[papasmurf]

(continued)

I agree that it's driven by selfish reasons, but that's how all open source code gets written! We all "scratch our own itches". It's why I started Linux, it's why I started git, and it's why I am still involved. It's the reason for everybody to end up in open source, to some degree.

So complaining about the fact that Microsoft picked a selfish area to work on is just silly. Of course they picked an area that helps them. That's the point of open source - the ability to make the code better for your particular needs, whoever the 'your' in question happens to be.

Does anybody complain when hardware companies write drivers for the hardware they produce? No. That would be crazy. Does anybody complain when IBM funds all the POWER development, and works on enterprise features because they sell into the enterprise? No. That would be insane.

So the people who complain about Microsoft writing drivers for their own virtualization model should take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves why they are being so hypocritical.

[papasmurf]

Nice catch, thank for the post.

[papasmurf]

hey, for $80..0, I would have done that, reinstalled your old clunky OS, your apps, AND washed the windows for your Wife! :)

[Still Thinking]

Excuse me? Are you saying you installed an operating system assuming you would be able to uninstall later?