[gameprogrammer] Re: yawvlff(yet another windows versus linux flame fest, yawn) Re: Re: OTP: deleting porn

 >I am happy enough for it to stay a

>>"hobby" operating system, 
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>This is the one point I where Idisagree with you. It is hard for me to
>accept the idea that the OS that runs the majority of the worlds web
>sites, the OS that Google is based on, the OS that runs the worlds
>fastest super computers, is a "hobby" OS. :-) It is not mainstream
>desktop OS, but it is far from being a "hobby" OS.
>
>               Bob Pendleton
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>

I used the word hobby for lack of a better term, thats why i quoted it 
with ""'s. When i say hobby, i dont mean the "amature crappy not enough 
time or money to do it right" side of it, i mean the "unemcumbered by 
coporate whims, so it gets written the way it should be, by enthusiasts 
who know what they are doing" side of it.

I certainly use linux as a hobby OS, i play with it because its 
interesting, and allows me to do interesting things with it. Windows on 
the other hand is merely a portal to my other hobby, playing games :)

There must be a better term for it, but most of linux was written by 
enthusiasts as their hobby. So which thing defines what linux (and the 
rest of it, toolchain etc...) is. The usage, or the intentions of the 
creators?

I'd like to think its the intention of the creators, for no other reason 
other than its kinda romantic (in the classical sense). It sort of gives 
them credit i suppose.

I think this is like the difference between amature and professional. 
The word professional belies a sort of prowess over the dicipline, 
amature has come to mean that the participant is a bit of a lame arse. 
The olympics have shown the opposite, none of the athletes were paid to 
be there (as far as i know) and most (at least some) are not 
professional athletes when they are not at the olympics. Doesnt mean the 
amature is worse, just look at the basketball* :)


(*I know nothing about basketball, except the fact that the USA team was 
beaten, and that team was made up of professionals (admittedly playing a 
different basketball than they are used to))




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