Re^2: Perl 6 Module manager

It's a Microsoft strategy....keep users dumb and dependent.

Don't take any more of Boeing's excuses and sloppy workmanship. For too long they've fobbed us of with expensive, bloated aircraft with 6 million parts. Assured us of their commitment to our safety; their rigorous test procedures; their quality; and still their aircraft fall out of the sky with unerring regularity.

Don't take it any more. Assemble your own Douglas Dacota DC-3. Tried and trusted. Proven over and over. With our kit you can inspect all the parts yourself. Check every tolorance. Double check every sub assembly. Assemble it yourself, at home. Be sure that every part in the aircraft you fly is right.

Don't take their excuses any more. Do it right. Do it yourself. Fly OSA.

Coming soon. The OS Neurosurgery kit.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^3: Perl 6 Module manager by zentara (Cardinal) on Apr 19, 2006 at 14:42 UTC
I don't quite see the analogy between airplanes and Operating Systems, but I can tell you that if the MS-airplane crashed as often as it's OS, I would rather ride on the Open Source airplane. I can just hear the blackbox recording.... "captain, you need to reboot and hold F8...... I did, I did......oops was that F5?.....what....oh sh*t.......splat" I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]
Re^4: Perl 6 Module manager by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 19, 2006 at 16:07 UTC
I don't quite see the analogy between airplanes and Operating Systems, Take your blinkers off :) The analogy is not between airplanes and OSs. And I made no mention of an MS airplane. The analogy is between companies producing technically complex products for use by the general public without requiring the airplane passenger to have a degree in Aeronautics, or the computer user to have a degree in Computer Science. Of course, the aircraft requires very expensive, highly trained pilots; enormous and hugely costly infrastructure; and an army of skilled technicians. I remember when computer systems were exactly like that. And I remember just how insufferable the EDP high preists were, walking around in their white coats in the airco'd, airlocked machine rooms with their haughty, superior grins. Thank dog for Altiar et al. I would rather ride on the Open Source airplane. Enjoy your next flight. The inaugeral flight of the OS DC-3 will depart Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bound for London, stopping at Boston, St. Johns, Nuuk, Reykjavik, Torshavn, Inverness. Departure antisipated 17:00 25th June 2020. This is an alpha flight. Some features maybe missing. Bringing your own seat and toolkit is highly recommended. It is not recommended for production lives. Note: I'm neither anti-OSS, nor pro-MS. I just wish people would think about the distinction between nerds that get their jollies by being the 3000th person to succeed in installing the latest version of their keyboard driver; and the millions of doctors, nurses, bus drivers, builders, florists .... that want to come home from their days work, switch their computers on and order some groceries, read a few emails or complete their tax returns; before condeming them as "dumb". Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl 6 Module manager by Moriarty (Abbot) on Apr 20, 2006 at 04:34 UTC
Note: I'm neither anti-OSS, nor pro-MS. I just wish people would think about the distinction between nerds that get their jollies by being the 3000th person to succeed in installing the latest version of their keyboard driver; and the millions of doctors, nurses, bus drivers, builders, florists .... that want to come home from their days work, switch their computers on and order some groceries, read a few emails or complete their tax returns; before condeming them as "dumb". That's funny, my wife and I find using Linux just that easy, switch on the computers, fire up a browser and email client, and it all just works out of the box. :)	[reply]
Re^6: Perl 6 Module manager by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 20, 2006 at 05:57 UTC
Re^7: Perl 6 Module manager by spiritway (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2006 at 05:44 UTC
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Re^7: Perl 6 Module manager by BerntB (Deacon) on Apr 20, 2006 at 22:47 UTC
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Re^6: Perl 6 Module manager by spiritway (Vicar) on Apr 20, 2006 at 05:47 UTC
Re^7: Perl 6 Module manager by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Apr 20, 2006 at 11:17 UTC
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Re^5: Perl 6 Module manager by zentara (Cardinal) on Apr 19, 2006 at 16:44 UTC
The analogy is between companies producing technically complex products for use by the general public without requiring the airplane passenger to have a degree in Aeronautics, or the computer user to have a degree in Computer Science. Yeah, but what happens when that product is actually "inferior" to what is available for free, and the schools actively push using the inferior product? The inferior system is spreading viruses and rendering systems useless. If the end users are kept dependent on Microsoft, then they are being kept "dumb" as far as computers are concerned. And don't tell me the linux geeks spend more time configuring than running their systems, that isn't true. If anything the opposite is true, most Window's users I know, have to completely reinstall every 6 months or so. "Captain, the passenger in seat 4a plugged in his Mp3 Player,and it uploaded a virus which has taken out our control system." I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]