Adam Bower wrote:
If so what did you think? Didn't it sound as though some very devoted Linux guys took over the editing of the program?
Yes! I saw it, too. Here are my major thoughts in summary.
I found it very interesting, but prominent were its omissions. There was no mention of Unix, BSD, GNU or BeOS, as far as I recall. It does rather reinforce the idea that, apart from Linux, there's really nothing but MS Windows. Also, GNU often get no mention at all despite the large amount of important and widely used GNU software in Linux (BASH, GCC, BinUtils, etc, etc), and this is again the case with The Money Program. (We, the Linux Community, really need not only to give credit where it's due, but to draw attention to it.) I do think there should have been a proper rundown of major and rival operating systems, just for context if nothing else.
Yes, it really did sound like The Money Program got taken over by penguins, and I'm keeping an eye out for a Broadcasting Complaints Commission thingy upholding Microsoft's complaints. I'm sort of hoping that Microsoft will complain, as that would just confirm publicly the idea that Microsoft feel the need to defend themselves against Linux.
Hmmm...
UP THE REVOLUTION!
Simon Best barsticus@earthling.net
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