On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 20:55, Craig White wrote:
> Dyslexia?
>
> Microsoft Clicking Solutions Expert?
> It's Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
>
> I thought that might be what you were getting at but it is MCSE. There
> are many different Linux certifications too.
Sorry, yeah it was a typo - but in my remembering of the acronym. I've
fixed it in the poll on the website.
I'm not trying to say that certifications are bad, I'm saying that
people are trained in tools that aren't on Linux. If you know
Microsoft, you're going to choose Microsoft. I'm betting that most RHCE
do not install Debian on their servers - not because it's bad, but more
because it isn't what they are familiar with.
> Again I will state that these polls - and even the concept of when / how
> Linux is going to replace Microsoft in the workplace and then the notion
> that any of these answers or that a poll such as this actually will
> somewhere make a difference is not logical.
>
> The reality is that whether server or desktop, Linux doesn't offer the
> same level of GUI setup, administration or usage and we don't need a
> poll to know that.
Well, I have no belief that these polls are going to save the world, or
even solve all of Linux's problems. I think it is just interesting, I
don't know what all the problems are, or what people find important -
and that is what the polls show. Perhaps, you feel that it is a lack of
GUI setup tools but everyone else is worried about a lack of Active
Directory support. Many people on this list use Linux in VERY different
environments - I don't know all of them - so yes, I think a poll like
this is interesting. There are alot of other ways to solve Linux's
problems, polls aren't one of them, they're for fun.
--Ted
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