Black Guyanese {West Indian/South American} - English Speaking
24 yrs Software Developer ~ 6mths
Socialist/Idealist, Antisocial
Music: Reggae, Soca, Rap
Debian ~ 1 1/2 yrs started w 2.2r2 -> Sid
Linux ~ 4 1/2 yrs started w Redhat 5.2
Why People choose RedHat ?
Redhat is better in quite a few areas.
Almost all Linux s/w [free and commercial] run on redhat and most
support it. IOTW, there are rpms for Yahoo's IM but no debs
RH is easier to install by FAR
RH is 'easier' to use. More people use it therefore there are more
sources for assistance. This is a big concern when you are trying to get
your modem to work.
Sorry, but I couldn't resist
> I feel the urge to challenge the use of skin color as a
> significant defining element of personnality. To us Europeans, this is
> very alien.
Tsk, tsk. The first step is admitting the problem.
National Front 15% 1997 Parliamentary elections - France
Race 'segregation' caused riots [BBC 11/12/01] - England
--
There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way
is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The
first method is far more difficult.
-- C. A. R. Hoare
