Why do we want these nubs using Linux?

Apr 14

Why do we want these nubs using Linux?

Category: Rants

Why not start it all off with a little rant while I get the server in order. TEST POST warning.

Sometimes I Digg.. for the articles of course. Today there was the usual post that crops up every month or so, trying to spread the good word of Linux and open source. This one was whinging about being unable to convince said colleague to give Linux a try because the nub party had bought into the whole FUD that ‘the man’ had put out there against a fine community of users and products. Moral of the story. Computers aren’t for everyone. Neither is Linux.

My response as follows, and I did post this comment as Serial Port:

Look if you can’t convince someone to give Linux a go then… SCREW THEM! Let them go waste their money on a crappy OS.. Let them get virus after malware after trojan when they click YES to “Are you sure?” on that new Vista junk security model.

The truth is, these people do not deserve a good operating system, and chances are they will not contribute in a positive way to a very, very good operating system , it’s associated applications/tools (salute the GNU) and fair licensing model (GPL/BSD/etc). They don’t deserve your/our help, only our pity.

Those willing to have an open mind, allow their home or business server to be Linux or another open source system, to have their website powered by say LAMP rather than an owned Windows server, or are brave enough to install Ubuntu or another distro in a virtual machine or dual boot - these are comrades-in-waiting! These friends are open source’s future.