[117051] in Cypherpunks
Re: Petro's Mom (was Re: Black Bag Jobs VS Shopping Bag Jobs)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Wed Aug 25 18:21:29 1999
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:00:20 -0700
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From: Petro <petro@suba.com>
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>At 08:11 AM 8/24/99 -0700, Petro wrote:
>>
>> THE FUTURE IS OPEN SOURCE! Hopefully, in another 2 or 3 years, I
>>will be rid of MS and be running Linux only. Linux
>
>It *is* open source already, for the pocket protector set.
No, Petro didn't say that. Petro WILL NOT be running only
linux in 2 or three years simply because Linux--like any other
OS/software/hardware/ is a tool, and as nice as they are to have
around, a leatherman is NEVER as good as a full tool box.
>
>The issue is getting your Mom to 1. use a sufficently slick/familiar
>GUI on top of the open OS 2. bother to use (or listen to) the
>system-verification
>(OS signature verifying) daemon that some future paranoid will write.
No, the issue is getting the OS simple enough that I wouldn't
get calls in the middle of the night.
Currently MY mother has a Mac that I gave her at home.
>
>(If Mrs. Petro has installed an open source OS or is trained in INFOSEC,
>apologies
>to her.)
Mrs. Petro could do a hell of a lot better job setting your
broken leg, describing your physical therapy, or proscribing you
certain (non-narcotic) drugs. My mother, as much as I respect her is
a complete luser when it comes to computers. She happens to be a
quite competent and well respected Nurse Practioner in the Orthopedic
feild tho'.
>The point is: mass deployment and ease of use. TCP took off because W95
>included
>a stack.
Uhhh...No, TCP took off because UNIX included it. Win95 was
MacroShafts first included TCP stack, and it sucks. Remember WinSock
for windows 3.1?
--
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country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a
product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of
rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan
Greenspan, "Anti-trust"
http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html
