[Bglug] Daughter Science Fair Project Windows vs Linux

LP linuxpusher2 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 20:26:54 EST 2017


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I'd love to see her project. Maybe she could present it at a meeting.
John"

She said sure.



On 25 February 2017 at 19:45, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My Daughter and I say, Thank you all Very Much !
> "Holy Cow" (Daughter)
> She has done all the work herself and even figured out to run a live disk
> then install from the desktop or menu icon.
> I will forward this to her e mail.
> Now I will read it.
> Thanks again.
> Chris.
>
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> On 25 February 2017 at 16:05, ted leslie <ted.leslie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In Fortunate 500 comp. , boss doesn't know Linux is viable, out side
>> that, its more,
>> not only boss _will_ know Linux, probably wants you to use it as much as
>> possible (given
>> corps are more server environment).
>>
>> Not so true now a days, but pirate windows used to be the norm for people
>> with no money. The pirate windows was actually
>> important to MS dominance years ago, they wanted it to be pirated, to
>> complete market share. Now they are turning the screws.
>>
>> If you know linux sys-admin, networking, Java, c# (mono/MS), C++, C
>> (Linux or Win),  or in web script world (php, python),
>> your job ability probably is more if you have at least the "linux side"
>> or even just come from linux. Windows is pretty dead in
>> the corp. world, all though many would like to believe otherwise,
>> so linux is far more valuable now on a resume then Windows, but this is
>> only case in last 5-7 years. If you don't have some linux on
>> your resume in IT, its likely to get the quick drop in the waste basket.
>> When you look at the big picture
>> MS VS Linux, you do have to discuss the "vs" across the whole last 2
>> decades time period, and certainly linux on a job resume wasn't all
>> that helpful 12-15+ years ago, now a days if you don't have Linux on
>> resume, probably should consider another career outside of IT.
>>
>> -tl
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:31 PM, William Park <whp.park at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Main difference is
>>>
>>> 1. Windows
>>>     - there only one company selling it.
>>>     - one desktop
>>>     - every company uses it, all your bosses use it.
>>>     - can't get a job without resume in Word doc.
>>>     - it's for people with money, because they don't have problem paying
>>>       for it.  This is why hardware companies prefer Windows.
>>>     - it is single-handedly responsible for creating "commodity PC", and
>>>       made PC, laptop, and tablet afforable for common people.
>>>
>>> 2. Linux
>>>     - so many companies
>>>     - so many desktop
>>>     - very few company use it, even fewer bosses knows about it.
>>>     - don't need it to get a job, unless it's Linux development.
>>>     - it's for people with no money, because they have problem paying
>>>       for anything.
>>>     - accidental benificiary of Windows monopoly, because every Linux is
>>>       installed on originally Windows computer.
>>> --
>>> William
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:27:53PM -0500, LP wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> > My Daughter has been working on a School Science Fair project
>>> *"Windows vs
>>> > Linux"*
>>> > I have been doing my very best to stay impartial, I don't think its
>>> working.
>>> > *"It seems the facts related to who and when are different depending on
>>> > where you look."*
>>> > I have even thought of e-mailing Mr. Stallman & Mr. Torvalds on her
>>> behalf.
>>> > Time is running out her project is due the end of this month.
>>> > Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
>>> > She has been on wikipedia.
>>> > Number one there is a conflict as to who invented Linux and when,...
>>> > Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds.
>>> > I went back to Unix which is too far, this project is "Windows vs
>>> Linux"
>>> > A Scientific Factual comparison.
>>> > But my love for bill gates is definitely tainting my facts.
>>> > *Thanks for the links.*
>>> > LinuxPusher
>>> > a.k.a. Chris.
>>>
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