| An email I have received suggested that I'm spending too much time knocking Microsoft and supporting Open Source. So:- Question: Do you think I support Microsoft or Open Source? The answer actually tells me much more about you than about me. I have been very careful to sit on the fence in the middle as I don't actually have a strong opinion either way. But I do have a tendency to take opposing stances in arguments and to poke fun at hubris and stupidity. So when talking to Microsoft supporters I'll point out that there's lots of good work being done outside Microsoft and especially in the Open source area and they really ought to take a look. When talking to Open Source fanatics (and all too often they are fanatical to the point of being rabid) I'll point out that we live in a Microsoft world and actually Microsoft is churning out vast quantities of pretty good code and they really ought to take a look. So the answer is actually both and neither. I use and have used a large amount of Microsoft software and although I occasionally curse it, it's done me proud. I also use and have used a large amount of open source software both on MS operating systems and on Linux. And it's generally served me well, although all too often the documentation is obscure and hard to understand. So if you're a Microsoft person and think that I'm firmly in the Open Source camp because I complain about the wilder absurdities of both MS and MS software, you're wrong. And if you think I'm firmly in the Microsoft camp because I complain that Linux and Linux software is too damn hard, you're also wrong. |
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