__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Friday 24 November 2006 15:07 \__
> Clueful vs clueless - a never ending battle
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> | There is a fundamental problem with GNU/Linux--it requires clueful
> | people to exist in the IT food chain. Anywhere in the food chain. It
> | doesn't take an experienced kernel hacker to install GNU/Linux, run a
> | web server, or teach people how to log on to the network. It just
> | requires a user with an interest in the subject, the ability to
> | solve problems, and the desire to achieve results.
> |
> | At no point is GNU/Linux experience a prerequisite for learning
> | GNU/Linux. You can learn it the way you learnt Windows, through
> | experimentation, Self-study, user groups, and so on. If you can
> | apply knowledge you can solve problems. Knowledge is easy to come by,
> | clueful people that can apply it, are not.
> |
> | So, if someone is unable to roll-out a few GNU/Linux boxes in this day
> | of Ubuntu, Debian, Novell, Red Hat, manual pages, web sites, and
> | Internet forums it's not due to lack of experience, or lack of
> | knowledge. It?s due to clueless people without any ability to
> | solve problems. Or read.
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> And the clueless outnumber the clueful, at all levels of the IT food chain.
Oops. Sorry.
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/clueful_vs_clueless
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