Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.

From: [at]} <Wojtek>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:21:54 -0500

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> "So how many Oberon programmers does it take
> to equal the Linux kernel development community?"
> I suggest 3, along with a good set of translation tools.

They would not even laugh. I am afraid they would be right.

Linux should not be seen as yet another battle of good versus evil, or yet
another "what we could do if we ever did it" kind of discussion. Linux is
a complex phenomenon, both technically and socially.

During the Detector Workshop conference I showed my electronics. As
expected, everyone noticed the embedded Linux thing. It is perhaps the
only feature which will be remembered from my presentation. There is a
tremendous good press about Linux which worked in my favor. At the same
time, most of those who praise Linux have probably never looked under the
hood. It is a bit like praising BlackBox after looking at its editor. It
is impressive, but it is not everything. Likewise, those who installed
Linux on their laptop and tweaked a few scripts, are not Linux experts
yet, even though they probably feel they are. This kind of experts
praised my project. Good for me. It is precisely the reason I put the
Linux logo on the silkscreen of my boards.

We in this group are different from those who praise in that we criticise
instead. But the basis of the critique is equally vague. Therefore, our
critique of Linux is hardly valid.

Wojtek

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