View Poll Results: Which kind of nerd deserves the most respect?

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  • Kernel Developers

    10 30.30%
  • Bug Fixers/ Security Patchers

    8 24.24%
  • Distribution Maintainers

    0 0%
  • Consultants

    1 3.03%
  • Cool Graphic Developers (xgl or enlightenment)

    5 15.15%
  • People who help you in Ubuntu Forums

    3 9.09%
  • other (please specify)

    6 18.18%
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Thread: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

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    Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    Which kind of nerd do you think deserves the most respect?

    ? Kernel Developers

    ? Bug fixers/ sSecurity Patchers

    ? Cool graphics Developers (like xgl or enlightenment)

    ? Distribution Maintainers

    ? Consultants

    ? Helpful forum posters who answer your questions

    ? Other (please specify)

    How would you rank these? and why?
    It's all about people

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    other (all of the above)

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    They're all very different and all deserve respect.

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Rayker View Post
    They're all very different and all deserve respect.
    I know I know, but if you had to pick one

    or at least which do you think ranks lowest?
    It's all about people

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    Quote Originally Posted by Circus-Killer View Post
    other (all of the above)
    I have to agree with Circus-Killer as they are all important.
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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    I think the security guys are more important. The people who do the mind numbing job of fixing the small things and keeping Linux from becoming like Windows.

    I have to agree with Circus-Killer as they are all important.
    If I had put Microsoft Developer and Game developer in there this may have been a more lively discussion
    Last edited by Hendrixski; December 14th, 2006 at 11:58 PM.
    It's all about people

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    I'd hate to rank them because they are all equally important even though the work they do is different from one another. On a level of personal bias I would lean toward the forum posters that answer my questions. If it wasn't for many of the forum moderators and many forum members who've taken their time to help me I'd have eventually gotten frustrated and maybe would have given up on Ubuntu but there are so many very intelligent and very helpful people here that it's made the whole move to linux much easier than it would have been without them. That's not in anyway trying to slight the value of all the developers, kernel devs, security patch devs, package maintainers and the eye candy folks whose hard work has given us a secure, stable and valuable alternative to Windows and the freedom that comes with it. To put it bluntly, I hold all of them in awe!
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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    I really cannot rank them. It's impossible to rank, because I choose those whom I respect based on their individual merits, rather than their occupation or hobby.

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    I wouldn't and can't rank them. They all work on different things in different ways, and all deserve respect.
    Previously known as 23meg

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    Re: Which kind of nerd do you respect the most?

    well, I picked bug fixers and patchers, even though their task is as difficult as the kernel devs and distribution maintainers.

    reason for bug fixers is because even if you know why a bug occurs, it is not always easy to see it in code ... like leaving out the '$' when refering to a variable in a simple perl for loop, or looking at weird multithreaded code and trying to figure out what exactly happens.

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