| Weblog: | Open source insecurity | |
| Subject: | I like the sports analogy | |
| Date: | 2005-07-26 09:42:13 | |
| From: | bairdcarr1 | |
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I am often annoyed by people standing out in the hall at work arguing about their favorite sports teams, the players, coaches, etc. As if "My Team" is at all affected by my enthusiasm or how loud I shout at the TV. I think from now on, I will refer to myself as a "Linux Fan" (short for fanatic, I believe, but apparently it's better than zealot. At least I'm not a Linux fundamentalist, whatever that is...) instead of a "Linux Zealot", although I may still call myself a "Penguin Lover". I'm not going to take down the large format color print of Tux someone made for me on the color plotter. Unlike sports fans, I have a very real affect on the outcome of the game. I'm a member of the team, and I carry the ball in the form of LiveCDs and various distro Install CDs. I set up Linux servers at work, at clients offices, and at home. I continually encourage them to improve their uptimes... "C'mon, let's make it 540 days this time!!!". I restart services, tweak config files, perform automated backups, and write new and interesting shell scripts. Ok, I'm finished... |
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