Mr James
June 5th, 2010, 01:29 AM
Hello, I am new here and new to Unix and it's relatives as well. After searching the web for what was a proper distro to install for a noob (noob in Unix, not computers, Windows or Windows programming), almost always the answer was Ubuntu. I must say I am definitely sticking with this OS. The Unix architecture is nothing short of genius and Debian along with Ubuntu have done a wonderful job of creating an OS that makes easy common tasks for the general population while not offending the intelligence of the more technical users.
Reading a Windows vs Ubuntu thread here, I feel a need to point out to the community the following:
1. Microsoft has done, over it's time, significantly more good than bad for the economy, the computer industry and the community. Let me tell you why:
1a. Microsoft has provided the US with a vast number of jobs, directly and indirectly (Ads alone...).
1b. No other driving force has pushed the computer industry (hardware and software) more than Microsoft. The PC is what it is today because of the success the DOS\PC had in the original IBM PC.
2. While I now am loving Ubuntu and Unix in general, I am not an advocate (perhaps I may not be understanding it or it's implications completely, and if so, please feel free to correct me) of the open source movement. I do encourage, for educational or humanitarian reasons, the spreading of open source software while not having a mindset that proprietary closed source and commercial software (not donations but actual capitalism) are evil.
Look at it this way: The creation of games such as Tomb Raider requires the employment of actors, choreographers, musicians, researchers for history and geography, so on and so forth. No advertising can cover the costs. No amount of spin-off products such as tee shirts or caps can cover it. There is no technical servicing or user specific customizations required. It is a single-player game and as such no ISP will fund it because, for sake of argument, gamers are online playing and thus the ISP is profiting. I see no way a company such as this, providing an excellent game such as this is going to make money off of or even be able to come up with such a game if it was free in price, or open source as people would not pay for a binary they can download the source code for and compile at home.
I thus believe that this movement will hurt the economy (correct me if I am wrong) and the computer industry as a whole (the big picture).
3. Ubuntu is, in my opinion, a better (game support aside) OS than Windows in terms of architecture and possibilities. The learning curve is not steep and Gnome (I have not as of yet tried KDE) is logical in its GUI implementation. The terminal is also now my hand and foot. I like Unix.
4. I am against the idea of paying for or being bound in legal contracts for the use of standards and file formats. In this regard open source is right. Patents on such stuff hinder competition and this is never good.
Of course, I may bee wrong. Feel free to comment. If you do wish to comment, please do so logically, providing reasons do back up your view.
Reading a Windows vs Ubuntu thread here, I feel a need to point out to the community the following:
1. Microsoft has done, over it's time, significantly more good than bad for the economy, the computer industry and the community. Let me tell you why:
1a. Microsoft has provided the US with a vast number of jobs, directly and indirectly (Ads alone...).
1b. No other driving force has pushed the computer industry (hardware and software) more than Microsoft. The PC is what it is today because of the success the DOS\PC had in the original IBM PC.
2. While I now am loving Ubuntu and Unix in general, I am not an advocate (perhaps I may not be understanding it or it's implications completely, and if so, please feel free to correct me) of the open source movement. I do encourage, for educational or humanitarian reasons, the spreading of open source software while not having a mindset that proprietary closed source and commercial software (not donations but actual capitalism) are evil.
Look at it this way: The creation of games such as Tomb Raider requires the employment of actors, choreographers, musicians, researchers for history and geography, so on and so forth. No advertising can cover the costs. No amount of spin-off products such as tee shirts or caps can cover it. There is no technical servicing or user specific customizations required. It is a single-player game and as such no ISP will fund it because, for sake of argument, gamers are online playing and thus the ISP is profiting. I see no way a company such as this, providing an excellent game such as this is going to make money off of or even be able to come up with such a game if it was free in price, or open source as people would not pay for a binary they can download the source code for and compile at home.
I thus believe that this movement will hurt the economy (correct me if I am wrong) and the computer industry as a whole (the big picture).
3. Ubuntu is, in my opinion, a better (game support aside) OS than Windows in terms of architecture and possibilities. The learning curve is not steep and Gnome (I have not as of yet tried KDE) is logical in its GUI implementation. The terminal is also now my hand and foot. I like Unix.
4. I am against the idea of paying for or being bound in legal contracts for the use of standards and file formats. In this regard open source is right. Patents on such stuff hinder competition and this is never good.
Of course, I may bee wrong. Feel free to comment. If you do wish to comment, please do so logically, providing reasons do back up your view.