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:CRN: Advice To Linux: Kill The Penguin
CRN: Advice To Linux: Kill The Penguin
Sep 7, 2006, 00 :00 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (6911 reads)

[ Thanks to michaelgros for this link. ]

"Whenever I compare Linux or open-source technologies to their Microsoft-inspired counterparts, I invariably receive numerous e-mails agreeing or disagreeing with my conclusions. While many of those e-mails are kind, some are flames, which just goes to show how highly charged the channel is about Linux—both pro and con.

"To fan those flames, so to speak, I have some additional criticisms about Linux. Right off the bat, if Linux wants to be taken seriously by the business desktop market, it has to first take itself more seriously. What do I mean by that? Basically, kill the penguin and all of the marketing cuteness...!"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Right off the bat, if Linux wants to be ...   you first   
John Helms
Sep 7, 2006, 00:26:14
 
On serveral distros, you don't see t ...   hey Frank, get out a bit more, will ya?   
wildpossum
Sep 7, 2006, 00:44:04
 
...To fan those flames, so to speak, I h ...   Don't click. He's trolling for page hits.   
Brandioch Conner
Sep 7, 2006, 00:45:55
 
While some of his criticism is on-target ...   Silly advice   
David F. Skoll
Sep 7, 2006, 00:46:36
 
UNIX has had a long tradition of puns an ...   Re: Silly advice   
Grishnakh
Sep 7, 2006, 00:58:13
 
Please don't feed the troll.  He&#39 ...   Don't feed the troll   
Joe User
Sep 7, 2006, 01:52:04
 
First, they have that stupid flying wind ...   Mascots?   
Ursus Orribilus
Sep 7, 2006, 04:39:37
 
Right off the bat, if Linux wants to be  ...   If WINDOWS Wants to be Taken Seriously...   
Bobcat
Sep 7, 2006, 07:19:42
 
I agree that Tux at the very least needs ...   I agree   
Joshua
Sep 7, 2006, 08:31:14
 
I like Tux.  He symbolizes the counter-c ...   keep Tux   
Peter
Sep 7, 2006, 11:55:55
 
> ... The widest known version of Tux lo ...   Re: I agree   
Ken Jennings
Sep 7, 2006, 13:20:21
 
 ...Products associated with Microsoft m ...   Descriptive Monikers?   
John D. Robertson
Sep 7, 2006, 13:21:25
 
> While some of his criticism is on-targ ...   Re: Silly advice   
kegwasher
Sep 7, 2006, 13:23:56
 
So, you have an opportunity to get for f ...   Kill the penguin   
George Spelvin
Sep 7, 2006, 14:33:44
 
>> Why not "Spread", or "Sheet" - yeah,  ...   Re: Descriptive Monikers?   
BD
Sep 7, 2006, 15:03:19
 
>> GIMP is not the name it is the acrony ...   Re: Re: Silly advice   
BD
Sep 7, 2006, 15:07:37
 
GIMP is not the name it is the acronym f ...   Bzzzt! No cigar!   
Ursus Orribilus
Sep 7, 2006, 15:24:20
 
Q. What's better for the mascot of M ...   Re: Mascots?   
Fred Williams
Sep 7, 2006, 15:31:25
 
GIMP is the acronym for Graphics Image M ...   Re: Bzzzt! No cigar!   
Adrian
Sep 7, 2006, 17:18:33
 
> > ... The widest known version of Tux  ...   Re: Re: I agree   
Burt Noir
Sep 7, 2006, 20:34:39
 
> Sorry to say it but that is the first  ...   what is gf?   
P.Woods
Sep 10, 2006, 19:17:22
 
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