Αφιέρωμα Linux!!!

[Costas Barakitis]

> 8eloume to Linux na einai (kai na ginei akoma pio poly) dhmofiles gia
> poly aplous & xeiropiastous logous: epeidh einai apodedeigmena texnika
> artio (kai poly kalytero apo afta pou exoun ginei "dhmofilh" me
> texnhtous tropous - blepe Microsoft marketing & monopwliakes
> praktikes...) kai epishs epeidh einai FTHNO (h, an protimas, mia
> perissotero sofistike diatypwsh) COST-EFFECTIVE, synepws, epitrepei se
> pollous apo mas - pou exoume anagkh na ergazomaste gia na zhsoume - na
> kanoume thn douleia mas kalytera, grhgorotera kai apotelesmatikotera.
> Kai den 8a to kataferoume afto an den eksasfalisoume oti h texnologia
> afth exei mia sta8erh kai afksanomenh xrhstikh bash, pou 8a tou (mas)
> prosferei biosimwthta (dhl. antoxh enantia stis monopwliakes praktikes,
> pou legame nwritera...).

Ayta pou les esy den exoun kamia sxesh me ayta pou elege aytos ston
opoio anafer6hka gia to poso dhmofiles einai to Linux. Etsi ki alliws
apo to '96 pou to prwtoeida nomizw pws einai arketa pio dhmofiles, tote
evriskes oles tis distro se 6 CD's me 15 evrw kai shmera perneis mia me
50. Epipleon, o prohgoumenos eipe na ginei dhmofiles to Linux ston "meso
hli6io xrhsth", esy milas gia th synomotaksia twn epixeirhsewn kai twn
epagelmatiwn tou xwrou. Alla logia na agapiomaste dhladh, mallon den
katalaves kai poly kala ti eipa kai se ti apanthsa.

> 8a h8ela na kserw: esy to exeis valei to word kai ta alla proionta ths
> MS sto systhma sou? 

Nai ame, eidika gia ta paixnidia pou paizw 6a prepei na perimenw gia na
paizoun ola se Linux.

Ta agorases (h oxi...)? Ean nai, anhkeis sthn
> meiopshfia ekeinwn pou exoun thn oikonomikh anesh na to kanoun. To
> kostos synthrhshs kai "anaba8mishs" twn proiontwn ths MS exei ginei
> dysbastakto ews kai apagoreftiko, akoma kai gia tis megales epixeirhseis
> - ta multinational corporations (exw idian antilhpsi...).

Den eimai polye6nikh, kapote pou douleva se mia tous evala linux giati
to e-mail se proionta ths MS tous etrwge kapou $5M to xrono. Eimai
idiwths kai ws typiko deigma ellhna exw to software peiratiko. Big
fucking deal dhladh, apo ta 500 pragmata pou agorazeis koveis to ena pou
afora to software. Otan 6elw na agorasw mia karekla apo mpampou den
phgainw sth Tzamaika gia na ma6w na plekw ta kalamia monos mou.

> Exeis pelates pou plhrwnoun tis yphresies sou kai perimenoun afta pou
> tous paradideis na leitourgoun swsta kai me logiko kostos apokthshs &
> katoxhs (Total Cost Of Ownership)? Pernas kala mazi tous otan "skane sta
> moutra tous" (kai sta dika sou) oi Microsoft Windows 2000 kai SQL
> Servers kai xreiazetai na ksodepsoun ekatommyria mesa se ena
> Sabbatokyriako gia na egkatasthsoun patches & updates kai na kanoun
> recover 10's gigabytes se databases? Ais8anesai kala otan ksereis oti ta
> MS-based systhmata sou (kai twn pelatwn sou) einai "ksefraga ampelia"
> apo apopsh security?

La6os kefalaio diavazeis, allakse selida. 
 
> Se xairomai kai se zhlevw, file mou! Katalabainw oti ston planhth sou h
> douleia einai opws to cinema: pas gia hobby kai me bash tis kritikes pou
> diabazeis sta periodika. 

Sto Downtown gia thn akriveia. Diavazw ton Kostopoulo poies 6ewrei
gklamour douleis ki ekei phgainw mpas kai vrw kamia gkomena ths
prokophs.

Emeis, edw katw, eimaste alliws: xtypame
> alyphta ta panta kai eimaste ypoxrewmenoi na kanoume kai symbibasmous
> gia na ta kataferoume (anarwtiemai pragmatika poios einai idealisths kai
> poios oxi se afth thn syzhthsh...).

Ti na sou pw, kserw arketous sys.admins pou den xreiasthke na gnwrizoun
MS Access gia na piasoun douleia opws elege o prohgoumenos-genika mallon
den antilamvanesai to context sto opoio apantw. Profanws einai oloi tous
kolofardoi. 

> Elpizw na katalabes kapws twra pia oti den einai 8ema ideologias alla
> aplo 8ema ekselikshs kai epibiwshs. 

To 6ema ths ideologias htan eirwniko, isws den exeis arketo pnevma opws
o Ricudis gia na to antilhf6eis. Otan kapoios mou leei pws to Linux tou
dhmioyrgei provlhma epiviwshs tote kati den paei kai poly kala. Mou
aresei to Linux, oloi mou zhtane omws MS Access, den tous kanw th xarh
kai re gamwto den mporw na epiviwsw. Xese psila ki agnanteve en oligois,

Na eisai sigouros oti polloi apo
> emas pou xrhsimopoioume to Linux gia na kanoume thn douleia mas, exoume
> afhsei poly pisw mas tous idealismous pashs fysews kai apla kai mono
> "koitame ta fragka"...

OK, twra pou mou to eipes 6a mporw na koimamai pio hsyxos ta vradia