Re: Future for VC++ Programmers

On 27 Dec 2006 11:04:12 -0800, marcoera@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I shouldn't have written the word "linux" on a microsoft newsgroup...

Just joking. BTW, all what you write is a matter of personal
preference;

I don't agree. I think that Joe's list is very interesting and
objective indeed.

Windows' list could be much longer, if only someone finds
the time to write it.

It would be interesting to see at least some part of this "long
list"...

In my opinion, Linux has more chances to improve in the way users and
developers want, as it's not bound to some company economic interests.

Sure: you have the source and you can modify them for your needs.
But this is very "theoretical"...
The reality is that people need money to live, and you can't have a
true serious business model with open-source.
e.g. Debian is completely sucking: it distributes old software, and
the releases are also procrastinated.

Moreover, device driver support is poor on Linux: e.g. I can't install
Ubuntu because of problems with ATI graphics card (and ATI is a very
important graphics card vendor! So it should be supported by Linux
community); these kind of bugs have a long list on the Ubuntu bug
site. But the list remains there, long, even if there are the sources
that someone could modify and debug...

I think that Microsoft has team of QA engineers to test drivers, etc.
You can have them only if you can pay them, and to pay them you must
sell software, not do open-source things.

Linux could be an interesting hobby for those interested in low-level
system software and operating system kernels: you have the soruces and
can study them: you could learn the mechanics of booting an operating
system, protected mode programming, etc.
But for a real business, I consider Linux completely unfit.

Best,
MrAsm
.

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