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A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times)A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times)Posted Jan 12, 2009 18:51 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722)In reply to: A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times) by petegn Parent article: A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times)
To a certain extent, anyone who likes an operating system at all is a geek or a zealot. The normal state is to either for the operating system to make no impression or to be annoying, since people normally use their computers to perform tasks, not to use operating systems.
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A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times) Posted Jan 12, 2009 18:56 UTC (Mon) by endecotp (guest, #36428) [Link]
"An Application is a thing that gets in the way between you and your data. An Operating System is a thing that gets in the way between you and your applications."
I wish I knew the origin of that quote....
A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows (New York Times) Posted Jan 13, 2009 0:40 UTC (Tue) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]
We don't call car enthusiasts geeks, though. Even though the term is now socially more acceptable, the term 'geek' originally denotes a level of discomfort by the mainstream.
So sorry.... Posted Jan 13, 2009 3:32 UTC (Tue) by robla (subscriber, #424) [Link]
You'll have to forgive them. Some geek started Craigslist and hollowed out their business.
So sorry.... Posted Jan 15, 2009 12:00 UTC (Thu) by Quazatron (subscriber, #4368) [Link]
I was going to mark your comment (+5 funny), then I realized this is LWN. :-)
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