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Linux Wisdom
08/07/08
Linux Wisdom
Recently, we've been have a lot of trouble with servers in my lab. We've had a lot of frustrations with computer hardware and configuring the Linux operating systems to work the way we want. My adviser, Dr. Yuter, was complaining to one of her colleagues, Dr. Rob Fovell, about our troubles in configuring a new Linux based server. He had the following humorous quote regarding the large amount of time we had put into fighting with Linux and getting our computers back in working order:
Linux is only free if your time is worth nothing.
-Dr. Rob Fovell
Update: I have since learned that this quote can be attributed to Jamie Zawinski.
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Comment from: Richard Chapman [Visitor]
I've heard that one before. It's true. But paying for something doesn't magically free-up $X of your time. People pay for Windows and they still need to pay for auxiliary software to make their installation safe and usable. Still, they spend their time installing and in some cases re-installing it. The implication of that statement is "if you pay for software you won't spend any of your time fixing it". That logic is absurd.
08/07/08 @ 21:39
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