Re: [tlug] linux@example.com How many widely can we do that?

[Attila Kinali <attila@example.com>]

And an addendum to the previous mail:

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:43:13 +0200
Christian Horn <chorn@example.com> wrote:

> - linux is better known to me.  Over the linux-years i have build up
> a nicely customized workenvironment (windowmanager, scripts,
> editors..) - windows is just to a fraction of that configurable.
> It would practically hurt to do my work with it.  Maybe macosx is
> a bit more configurable.

That's because you invested more time in learning linux than
you did in learning windows. Windows is, contrary to common
believe, as flexible and as complicated as a unix system, it's 
just that most people are not looking for that kind of knowledge
and rather like to spend their time being dazzled by the bright
and shiny GUI windows provides. 

If you don't believe me, find a guy who really knows windows.
Yes, they are a rare species, but they can be found.
Let him tell you how he solves this or that problem you have when
running linux/windows/orwhatever. You'd be suprised how many
preinstalled tools windows already comes with.

> - i got new knowledge in some areas using linux for all tasks the
> collegues do with windows.  There is a vpn-software to be used to
> reach many tasks, authentication via smartcard.  So the workings of
> a windows-software were explored, linux-smartcard software extended
> to work with corporations kind of smartcards.  A patch for the 
> Strong/Openswan ipsec-clients was developed so the administration-vpn 
> can be accessed from linux (that patch wont make it upstream thou, 
> the vpn-configuration in use is not RFC-compliant, i practically 
> patch checks out of the ipsec-client).

This knowledge is only worth something, if and only if you can
get the marketing guy sell it to the customers. If noone buys it,
it's not worth anything and you're stuck with using what the customer
pays for.

				Attila Kinali
-- 
The true CS students do not need to know how to program.
They learn how to abstract the process of programming to
the point of making programmers obsolete.
		-- Jabber in #holo