On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 03:42:30AM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, DW <andersonradioactivity@...> wrote:
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> > 2 Required by moronic instructors at school, as is MS office
> > 3 Machines owned by friends & family unwilling to learn, but willing to call me to fix their mistakes.
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> > I'm sure that there are more.
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> Your list illustrates that a requirement has been artificially manufactured. Linux is my way of rejecting that false notion. Why so many are unwilling to critically evaluate forces acting upon them I'll never know.
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> I prefer to use tools as opposed to being one so I run Linux.
Well, when one's aging parents, or wife's friends, run Windows, unless
you're completely able to ignore all of it, one helps when they can.
While strictly Linux jobs are out there, often, especially in smaller
companies, in today's economy, if you're working on the Linux servers,
you'll also have to do Windows support--this is in the sysadmin end,
though developers also have to deal with it.
On the lighter side, good old cracked.com had a rather amusing article
the other day on fixing friends' computers.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-guy-whos-fixing-your-computer-hates-you/
For those who are able to completely avoid it, it's great. The vast
majority, however, aren't.
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