The Traps of Linux...&open source software

[elmers]

About the author:

"Dobri Milchev Bozhilov is born in 1975 in Sofia. Graduated "Electronic Systems High School" in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1994. Master of Science in Industrial Management from University of National and World Economy (1999). Journalist in IT Press for 6 years. Currently - Publisher of on-line issue."

"Electronic Systems High School" "Industrial Management"

If you guys had the kind of balkan experience I have youd know this guy prolly cant write helloworld in basic. The "Electronic Systems High School" is actually a three year vocational school, after wich if you want to continue your studies at a university you need to make up a years worth of high school. "Industrial Managment" is a term used for schools created because "old school" EECS had really bad enrollment the last couple of years and so designed a bunch of courses which if you pay like 1000$ you get a diploma. The real programmers at my college of natural sciences laugh their ass off every time one of these "managers" starts ranting about stuff they know nothing about. In other words this discussion, as well as the one at usalug is giving too much attention to a poorly researched and written book.

[EpyonMelee]

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[originel]

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But [productivity applications] simply do not exist. Or, as far as there are some, they are smaller in number and performance is less satisfactory compared to the variety of the commercial software. The reason for this is quite simple – the development of appropriate programs requires considerable investments and cannot be achieved with enthusiasm and belief in fairy-tales. People want money for their work and this is a paid service.

While this is sometimes true (dreamweaver) on the whole it is not (openoffice,gimp,etc). besides...there's always wine, virtual machine, and a few others.

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The truth is that the target {of open source] is not the monopoly of Bill Gates but the commercial software as a whole.

[byunews]

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but his approach has become ludicris.

Hahaha, it's spelled "ludicrous". Some rapper comes along and all of a sudden everyone spells it the other way..

[uethello]

Magdalina, Please spam elsewhere. It would be one thing if you were a real member with something to say, but you're too lazy to even use a different name in different forums. OR even different *content* in your posts.

This is just a thinly veiled advertisement for the book.

[e980238]

wow,

doing a quick google search for magdalina +linux reviels that "magdalina" has spammed dozens and dozens of linux forums.

[samwichse]

Agreed. Just check Google.

Reported.

EDIT: dang, beaten by 4 minutes

[uethello]

Yes, but did any of you google:

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frient thinks the book is scandalous

Go on, you know you want a laugh at the expense of this cut-n-paste no spelling spam lamer.