Gentoo for Business?

[Kevin Faulkner]

> > > I'm sure Gentoo is loads of fun if you're a hobbiest of some kind,
> > > but I doubt it will gain any serious traction in the corporate
> > > realm. So if your goal is marketable skills, Gentoo is clearly
> > > not the the way to go.  Configurability can sometimes be a minus,
> > > as it adds to the number of variables that need to be managed =
> > > cost++ = ROI--.  If anyone knows of any specialty niches for
> > > Gentoo in the corporate arena, I'd be interested to know.

I have learned a great deal from Gentoo all the way from using chroot
to to properly setting my locale. Whereas with Ubuntu and other sorts
I keep feeling like I'm being told "its okay that you're an idiot, we'll
take care of things". Now with it being in the corporate environment 
I believe that Gentoo's place is slightly different, personally I think
is more behind the scenes like a print server or log server where you
can have time to get things all lined up and you don't need those extra
cpu cycles for say.. handing out web pages. Just what I believe. You
also have a great deal of control with Gentoo's USE flags, you don't
need to compile support for something if you're not going to use it
(why chance a possible security risk if you don't need to?)

>   ahhh... just go with the 20 year old!  He'll work for peanuts and
> learn just about anything you tell him as long as you maintain the
> 'startup' image around the office (bean bag chairs, wacky clothing and
> eyeglass frames, etc.).  He will build feature-rich systems with his

Ahhh yes.... I think this point of view is horribly misguided. Being
23 a lot of times people will look at me and see that I'm young, and
therefore will not take my recommendations seriously, which is really
starting to bother me. I can personally say that I don't make
recommendations blindly. When I'm incorrect, I'll be the first to admit
so. I hate people who automatically discredit me purely because of
how old I appear. Working for peanuts, yeah perhaps, but that's usually
because you need to grab a hold of the best opportunity you can get.

> brazen can-do attitude and somewhat disconcerting and totally
> irrational self-confidence.  Of course the rest of the people who work
> for you and actually have a function will stay clear away from him,
> but hey its a /startup/!  -jmz
Based on what I know, a good sense of self confidence is not a bad
thing, but when elitism develops is when the self confidence should be
reviewed. 
Granted you may have been trying to be funny but I believe you just
reinforced this nasty stereotype. Unfortunately its because of this 
that I honestly wish I was older. I'm not trying to be rude, just
direct and to the point. Please excuse me if it seems that way.

--Kevin K. Faulkner