Re: PC World publishes articles bearish on Linux

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

>> http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/article/0,1212,3987+5+0,00.html
>Just a gripe but I've become rather annoyed by articles in PC mags written by
>people who have probably never used a UNIX box of any derivation. 
You mean until they encounter Linux, as these people evidently did.

Naturally. They also apply all the same criteria to what they see in the MS 
world to what they experience in getting Linux going.

But we KNEW that packaging and configuration is not something that Linux
handles well out of the box.

>Windows NT isn't cryptic?  Anyone been in "regedit" lately.
Yes, I've been to regedit, but I didn't have to go there to configure my NT
install to work on the Internet, or install a whole pile o'software.

I claim that most NT users never see regedit.

>I still see articles claiming that Linux doesn't support SMP or some other
>feature showing an obvious lack of research on the part of the reviewer.
Reporters almost always are behind the curve on this stuff, and although I
regret it I see they have limits. You expect a former journalism major under
editorial and deadline pressure, and struggling to write something to ALSO 
get all the technology right? Sorry, that's rare, even at the level of the 
New York Times or PBS/NPR.

>Sorry,  just lost my temper for a moment.
That's OK, Adam.. thanks for sharing! :)
It's important to be able to correct these kinds of things, usually by 
wrting the the offenders.