issue185:mon_opinion
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- | As you may know, I worked for an OEM, we supplied machines to large entities as well, like governments, | + | **As you may know, I worked for an OEM, we supplied machines to large entities as well, like governments, |
- | This kind of thing carried over to large companies I used to work for, donating all their old workstations to schools, with SkoleLinux (or PCLinuxOS) loaded for the schools, by yours truly, and set up with all the necessary accounts and software before shipping it to them (this is a lot of labour). Usually within a week, those machines have pirated copies of Windoze on them, the ‘excuse’ being that the kids need to learn to use what they would use in a ‘real’ business. | + | This kind of thing carried over to large companies I used to work for, donating all their old workstations to schools, with SkoleLinux (or PCLinuxOS) loaded for the schools, by yours truly, and set up with all the necessary accounts and software before shipping it to them (this is a lot of labour). Usually within a week, those machines have pirated copies of Windoze on them, the ‘excuse’ being that the kids need to learn to use what they would use in a ‘real’ business.** |
- | Again, shipping shipping-container-classrooms, | + | Linux « gratuit » et Linux, |
- | There is a perception that Linux is inferior because it does not work with X, Y or Z, by your average stiff. Though the Linux kernel probably runs more devices than any other OS, opinions are ‘me’ centric, as users do not care; they want to walk into their local Walmart (just an example), pick up the cheapest, crappiest printer | + | Comme vous pourriez le savoir, j’ai travaillé chez un OEM. Nous avons fourni des machines à de grands entités aussi, comme des gouvernements, |
- | Now for the unpopular opinion. | + | Ce genre de chose se répétaient chez de grandes entreprises pour lesquelles je travaillais. Elles donnaient toutes leur vielles stations de travail à des écoles, avec SkoleLinux (ou PCLinuxOS) déjà installés par votre serviteur pour les écoles et configurés avec tous les comptes et les logiciels nécessaires avant de leur les expédier (ce qui fait beaucoup de travail). La plupart du temps, dans une semaine, ces machines-là fonctionnaient sous des exemplaires piratés de Windoze, la prétexte étant que les gosses doivent apprendre à utiliser ce qu’ils utiliseront dans une firme « réelle ». |
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+ | **Again, shipping shipping-container-classrooms, | ||
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+ | There is a perception that Linux is inferior because it does not work with X, Y or Z, by your average stiff. Though the Linux kernel probably runs more devices than any other OS, opinions are ‘me’ centric, as users do not care; they want to walk into their local Walmart (just an example), pick up the cheapest, crappiest printer (insert peripheral here), without looking at the compatibility, | ||
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+ | Autre exemple : l’envoi de « salles de classe dans des conteneurs », | ||
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+ | L’individu lambda perçoit Linux comme étant inférieur parce qu’il ne fonctionne pas avec X, Y ou Z. Bien que le noyau Linux fasse tourner probablement plus de dispositifs que tout autre OS, les opinions sont égocentriques, | ||
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+ | **Now for the unpopular opinion. | ||
Now don’t get me wrong, these people on the receiving end will pose for photos and smile big smiles, etc, as long as stuff is free, and badmouth you as soon as you leave. I used to see it all the time as I used to do project management for the logistics for well meaning European organizations. I found that some places just keep on giving, regardless; example: ABET Centres (Adult Based Education & Training). The computers are stolen the night after delivery, and more are sent, and this process just repeats until the computers are found on trash heaps as the stolen market is saturated. (This does not stop them from being stolen, weirdly, or the donors to stop sending.) Because things are handouts, and nobody works for them, there is no incentive to look after them. I understand charity, but I think there should be some sort of exchange (It does not have to be money), to give the Linux PCs donated by well meaning souls, a value. So here is my opinion, Linux is perceived to have no value, and Windows as valuable, because all these “free” PCs come with it. (Now my opinion is based on projects in Africa, from Uganda to Angola and many places in-between, I cannot comment on other places in Asia, etc). | Now don’t get me wrong, these people on the receiving end will pose for photos and smile big smiles, etc, as long as stuff is free, and badmouth you as soon as you leave. I used to see it all the time as I used to do project management for the logistics for well meaning European organizations. I found that some places just keep on giving, regardless; example: ABET Centres (Adult Based Education & Training). The computers are stolen the night after delivery, and more are sent, and this process just repeats until the computers are found on trash heaps as the stolen market is saturated. (This does not stop them from being stolen, weirdly, or the donors to stop sending.) Because things are handouts, and nobody works for them, there is no incentive to look after them. I understand charity, but I think there should be some sort of exchange (It does not have to be money), to give the Linux PCs donated by well meaning souls, a value. So here is my opinion, Linux is perceived to have no value, and Windows as valuable, because all these “free” PCs come with it. (Now my opinion is based on projects in Africa, from Uganda to Angola and many places in-between, I cannot comment on other places in Asia, etc). | ||
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My reason for saying this is that during one of Mark Shuttleworth’s Linux Days (remember the freedom toasters?), we handed out free CDs, to find 80% of them in the trash at the shopping centre we were at. The next day we “sold” them for a 50c donation and suddenly there were none in the trash. They now had a “value”, | My reason for saying this is that during one of Mark Shuttleworth’s Linux Days (remember the freedom toasters?), we handed out free CDs, to find 80% of them in the trash at the shopping centre we were at. The next day we “sold” them for a 50c donation and suddenly there were none in the trash. They now had a “value”, | ||
- | Am I too harsh? Am I looking at it the wrong way? It’s only an opinion after all. | + | Am I too harsh? Am I looking at it the wrong way? It’s only an opinion after all.** |
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+ | Maintenant, l’opinion impopulaire. | ||
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+ | Ne me méprenez pas, les gens qui reçoivent ces cadeaux poseront pour des photos, souriront beaucoup, etc., du moment que les trucs sont gratuits, puis vous insulteront dès votre départ. Je voyais cela tout le temps, puisque je faisais de la gestion des logistiques des projets pour des organisations européennes bienveillantes. Je trouvais que certains organismes continuent à donner malgré tout ; exemple : ABET Centres (Adult Based Education & Training – l’éducation et la formation des adultes). Les ordinateurs sont volés pendant la nuit après la livraison, puis d’autres sont envoyés et le processus se répète jusqu’à ce que les ordinateurs sont trouvés dans des dépotoirs puisque le marché des ordi volés est saturé. (Bizarrement, | ||
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+ | La raison pour laquelle je dis cela est que, pendant l’un des Linux Days de Mark Shuttleworth (vous vous souvenez des grille-pain de la liberté?), nous avons distribué des CD gratuits et en avons trouvé 80 % dans les poubelles de l’endroit, | ||
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+ | Suis-je trop sévère ? Est-ce que j’analyse le problème de la mauvaise façon ? Après tout, ce n’est qu’une opinion. | ||
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