[nylug-talk] The linux infestation starts in Russian youth!

[Sunny Dubey]

On Sunday 20 January 2008 02:04:59 pm Chris Knadle wrote:
>    Reuben, the only point you made by statements like these is that you
> don't have one.  Personal attacks are the worst way to try to "win" any
> discussion. Sunny's vocation, choice in college degree, or any small errors
> in writing semantics has nothing to do with what you were trying to
> discuss, and your failure to appreciate his talents only illustrates a lack
> of ethics on your part.

Personal attacks are very much Dr. Safir's style.  (If you think nylug-talk is 
bad, you should see nylxs' list.)

To my knowledge Ruben has been the only person ever to fault me on my total 
change of direction.

its funny because if he sat down with me for even a whole minute, he'd realize 
all of us business majors are taught about Linux and the business advantages 
that come with it.

As business majors we are taught how incredibly technology oriented everything 
has become.  How using the right technology can give you quite the edge in 
the market.  (Amazon, Dell, Walmart all come greatly to mind.)  In a 
sophomore level MIS class we are taught about what Linux is, what open source 
is, and why using such software can be greatly beneficial to one's operations 
and bottom line.  In a junior level Innovations Management class we explore 
how the open source development model has changed everything about innovation 
and design.  (One of my junior projects was an entire exploration of how 
commercial companies engage with an un-paid community to develop products, 
namely distros like Redhat, Mandriva, and SUSE.)  And finally in a senior 
level e-business class we evaluated how companies go about selecting massive 
software platforms and obviously open source was discussed.  (One of my final 
senior projects had an entire section about E-Trade's switching over to open 
source and how it benefited the company as a whole.)

We're taught about things you'd read on groklaw.  And in my case I've always 
gotten good remarks on my ability to factor in open source from a managerial 
perspective even when it was clearly above the professor's head.

But of course, Ruben never bothered to ask.  After all, what the hell do us 
future PHB's know ?  Aren't we the dumbest things ever who buy buy buy 
needless copies of Vista and Oracle ?  And in my case, what the hell do I 
know ?  Clearly the years of homegrown IT skills I have are learned with a 
passion are nothing compared to someone who holds an "IT degree".

-- 
Sunny Dubey

  mail:  sunny at audiowiki.org
  tele:  212.333.3542


PS:  Using open source is not the panacea.  In E-trade's case we pointed out 
they had significant flaws as a business elsewhere that easily overshadowed 
any sane technological platform.  All of which turned out to be true after we 
graduated.