| ??? 02/12/07 05:03 Read: times |
#132578 - Huh? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Craig Steiner said:
That's what I mean about it having been a drag on my productivity. No-one's arguing that Linux can't do everything that Windows does, but it doesn't do them. It pretty much does now. There are specialty applications that haven't and may never be written for Linux, but all the mainstream productivity tools, business and personal, are there. As are many specialty applications. And I'm not in the business of writing stuff for Linux and don't have time to do it. When I need an application, that's when I need it--I don't have time to spend weeks writing one.
Geez, Craig. Did you think about how that might be (mis)interpreted before you posted? Many in the FOSS community would read it this way: "I'm too busy/important/snobbish to help out, but I sure wanna take what the rest of you schmucks produce, for free of course. Just don't ask me for anything in return." I know you've got the talent to contribute, so how else should we interpret your statement? Certainly it's your right to choose to not contribute, but since you could, refusal to do so removes your right to complain. So I respectfully request that whenever you get the urge to knock Linux, you instead remain civilly quiet. |
