On 22 March 2011 18:45, bryan hunt <sentimental.bryan@???> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 15:28 +0000, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 at 09:59:48AM +0000, bryan hunt wrote:
> > >
> > > > there is no catch.
> > >
> > > There is a catch.
> > >
> > > For any business critical system running on an open source platform -
> > > you will need skilled practitioners to run it.
> >
> > Any system will need skills to use, open or closed. It is a lie to
> > say that because one uses a "familiar" GUI it requires no skill
> > and that another that uses an "unfriendly" CLI it requires a
> > skilled expert.
> >
> > Now I would argue that less skill is required to configure a
> > Linux/open system rather than a cmparable Windows/closed system,
> > but that does not mean than no skill is required.
> >
>
> Ah the bitter-sweet irony. Dr A. J. Trickett.
>
> I may call you Dr?
>
> The Dr returns from a hard days labouring in the local BMW dealership,
> slouches down at the table and looks for the 'start menu' on the screen
> of his Sony, 'made for Windows 7', laptop.
>
> But there is no start menu. The screen is black. Apart from green text.
> All the words look like gibberish.
>
> Scary words.
>
> Words like 'grep', lots of things about 'man', even worse 'fgrep'.
>
> Perhaps some of them are obscenities? Who knows what they mean?
>
> "Have I been hacked"? He muses.
>
> "Or have I hacked the Pentagon"?. He re-muses. "Worse still".
>
> He does not understand.
>
> If he types the wrong thing will it be like 'War Games'?
>
> Will strange men follow him around in unmarked vans?
>
> His heart palpitates, sweat forms on his brow, his eyes bulge as his
> pupils dilate with fear.
>
> BUT THEN!
>
> A small, ferret-like man with a WILD BEARD jumps out from the sink and
> starts gibbering about digital rights and revolution and how this is the
> one true way.
>
> But the Dr only wants to read the Sun and check out the football
> results.
>
> To be continued.....
>
>
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This is crap. I plead that this nonsense should be terminated forthwith.
It's not funny and must convey the worst possible impression of this forum.
Chris.
