[Gllug] Grauniad Technology

[Christopher Hunter]

On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 20:48 +0000, John Hearns wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/19/linux-open-source
> 
> "There is a peculiar satisfaction to be had from fitting together all
> the different bits of a Unix command until it does exactly what you
> want, but of course it has nothing to do with real productivity,"
> 
> 
> FFS. Tell that to all the thousands of scientists and engineers around
> the world who use Linux to store and analyse brain scans, render the
> latest movie blockbusters, design novel new drugs, analyse genetic
> sequences, simulate chemical reactions, design jet engines and F1
> cars.

You have to remember one crucial thing when you see an asinine article
like that:  it was written by a journalist.  Worse yet, by a Guardian
Journalist.  

You have to remember that there is a circle of Hell specially reserved
for these idiots (just next to the one for "Human Resources" Managers)!

C.

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