[wellylug] MicrosoftNZ at WellyLUG?

[Cliff Pratt]

David Murray wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 09:40, Pete Black wrote:
> 
>>Interesting... i can't wait for the sling a bit of Linux  
>>licensing-related FUD and then refuse to talk about Microsofts own  
>>licensing shortcomings with the  'sure, we could talk about <insert  
>>downright mean and evil Microsoft action of spurious legality here>  
>>now, but i'd rather discuss it over a cold beer' routine....
>>
>>To be fair i've met Mr. Roberts before, and he comes across as a mostly  
>>nice guy - he did at least seem interested in the motivation around OSS  
>>and Linux adoption. I guess he is still curious.
> 
> 
> Surely if Roberts is interested in learning about why people use Linux,
> the best way to learn about why people use it is to use it himself as
> his daily OS for a year or two.
> 
> The elegance of *nix, and especially of Linux, is something which would
> be immediately obvious - even if he never sees the command line.
> 
> Then when he uses Micro$oft software again, he will know.
> 
Any Unix "elegance" would be totally hidden by whatever GUI 
he uses. But then again, many parts of Unix are far from 
elegant. The underpinnings of X for example are far from 
elegant.

Cheers,

Cliff