[KLUG Members] GEEK JEOPARDY: 15 DAYS!

[Adam Tauno WIlliams]

On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 10:50, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > 	http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp
> Could you please explain how Longhorn rates a category in a LUG jeopardy
> game?  

(a) Categories were announces a long time ago, you should have objected
then.
(b) It is "geek" jeopardy.  Some geeks use Windows.  I know, it is a
liberal interpretation of "geek".  But you have to give them a fighting
chance; I mean, have some sympathy - They use Windows!
(c) Longhorn is important, even to Open Source users, because the
technologies it implements will have a sweeping effect on the IT
industry as a whole.  Personally, I think Longhorn has the potential to
be a Linux killer*; crap just works, the way it should have just worked
on UNIX/Linux 5 years ago if people could have stopped bickering over
meaningless crap and crying "Bloatware!" every time someone tried to
make the system more usable.**

*I only say "potential" because I don't think it will happen: E-D-S,
Beagle, D-BUS, & Mono are going to get 'to market' first.

**I love people who do things like run Evolution in fvwm because they
don't want the bloat of the GNOME desktop.  "Uhm, you do realize you've
just invoked GNOME into the background and your now pointlessly running
fvwm *AND* GNOME?"....... blank stare.  Or even better the ones who
complain that evolution shouldn't be a big monolithic app, but should
use the UNIX model of lots-of-discreet-components.  Then do a -
> ls -l /opt/gnome/lib/evolution/1.4/components/
total 2418
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 569258 libevolution-addressbook.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 842510 libevolution-calendar.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 162127 libevolution-executive-summary.so
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 895330 libevolution-mail.so
- and be greeted with.... blank stare.

> Running out of *nix type questions?  (didn't think that was possible!)

Ones that muggles can answer?  yes.  I try to minimize repeat material.
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