Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ hanumizzle@xxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 21:32 \__
>
> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> >
> >> | "We're trying to talk to the open source community to get them more
> >> | engaged," said Mugshot Product Manager Donald Fischer, who conceded
> >> | that Linux and other open source software needs support in digital
> >> | media to compete with other large technology players, such as Apple
> >> | and Microsoft.
> >
> > ``Dubbed "Mugshot," the new Red Hat initiative consists of a Web site
> > with MySpace-styled social networking services: Link Swarm, an
> > Internet-link sharing community; Music Radar for trading, talking about
> > and finding music; and TV Party, a work in progress that centers on TV
> > show takes and blogs.''
> >
> > MySpace? Yuck. Where I come from, MySpace is a haven for bedwetting
> > goths who think every bit of trivia in their lives needs to be
> > disclosed to the whole world.
>
> This comprison to MyScape is one which I found rather unappealing myself.
> MySpace is sometimes associated with teenage HotLinkers, pirates, and
> media theives. It is considered a 'bad crowd' by the more IT-savvy folks
> that contribute to Wikis or reads and follow Slashdot/MSDN/Digg/other.
>
> However, if Red hat was ever to penetrate the mind of the youngsters, they
> could catch the young generation, which is due to become influential (many
> kids teach and support the parents in that domain). Moreover, this would
> provide living proof that Linux is not only used by (and is usable to) IT
> professionals.
That's funny. I was at some conference for youths with prospective
interest in IT as a career, and the guy there suggested that Linux
isn't used in the 'real world'.
Maybe in this country. I have spoken with a number of people outside
the U.S. on this matter, and it would indeed seem there is a much
stronger presence of Linux in the field of technology beyond my
borders. There are certain ethnic groups whom I get along really well
with; now learning Hindi at a decent clip with plans to learn other
languages still.
(Oh, and aside from that, you made a valid point about implementing a
MyScrape like service. :D)
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