[NTLUG:Discuss] Any open source success stories?

[MadHat]

At 09:38 AM 2/23/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Kyle Davenport wrote:
> >
>...
> > the price of the software is definitely not the total cost.  releasing 
> students
> > into the real world with only windows experience will definitely 
> cripple their
> > success in the market place.
> >

Also on this, Linux is not Unix, but once you take the time to learn on a 
Unix like environment, like Linux or FreeBSD or such, it is very easy to 
work on almost any Unix like environment.  The command are basically the 
same, most of the differences are in the config files and where they are 
stored, but with the serge of GNU tools on all platforms, including Win32, 
even the configs are starting to be more "standardized".


>This is probably the most compelling reason.  Linux isn't like Windows
>in that with Linux you configure the platform to do whatever you need
>it to do.  This means that there is learning involved.  Hey... I'd love
>to learn Windows, but Microsoft has chosen not to share with me the
>things I'd like to learn (what I have learned makes me not want to
>learn anymore btw).
>
>People who aren't challenged to learn new things ... well... they
>end up being stupid.  Students will be more motivated to learn
>if you use Linux.... and isn't that what it's all about?
>
>Regards,
>Chris
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