Next, the "Kill" list - these ones seemed unprofessional or just plain wacky enough to drop alltogether:
bsod braid pedal bouncingcow
Hi all and thanks to Red Hat for keeping the dialogue open with its customers. I am a happy customer of Enterprise WS.
If I may argue for keeping 'bouncingcow':
I am a 49-year-old guy who has made a career in software engineering. I've worked for some big names (Pixar and DEC to name two), and feel confident that I am qualified to offer an expert opinion on what is professional in our industry. With due respect to Steven Garrity, and without claiming that my opinion carries anymore weight than his or that of any other expert, I judge the bouncing cow to be professional.
Now regarding 'wacky': I share the characterization that the bouncing cow is wacky. However, I don't agree that said characterization is per se grounds for dropping a screensaver. Without opening a debate on 'good wacky' versus 'bad wacky', I will say only that when others have walked by my computer and took note of the cow bouncing away on the monitor, they have without exception shown appreciation for it. My simple point here is that the cow is well liked out here in this corner of customerland :-)
And for the final prong of my argument, I offer a resounding "me too!" in response to Ethan Zimmerman's posting:
Nooo! Don't take away my bouncing cow!
Thank you, and moooo
Rick Ace
Le mar 16/03/2004 à 15:44, Rick Ace a écrit :
Next, the "Kill" list - these ones seemed unprofessional or just plain wacky enough to drop alltogether:
bsod
bsod is an integral part of my working day! It never fails to draw a "Oh! Something is wrong with your machine" from the casual passer-by. At which point I can move the mouse and then explain that Linux never crashes and that I am immune from virii etc. etc.
Then they say "but that is not Linux it is Mac OS" at which point I get to explain themes...
What would life be without bsod! and aquaOS
Life needs more "unprofessional" and "wacky" - hey guys get a life!!! Laugh a little and work would seem, well, almost fun!
Cheez yanks and their "work till you die" mentality... I actually enjoy Linux and work and am proud to say I do.
Tony Grant
On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 09:57, Tony Grant wrote:
Life needs more "unprofessional" and "wacky" - hey guys get a life!!! Laugh a little and work would seem, well, almost fun!
Cheez yanks and their "work till you die" mentality... I actually enjoy Linux and work and am proud to say I do.
Tony Grant
I agree here, we need to have some things to keep things light. I used to have webshots on my Windows PCs. They had a whole collection of backgrounds and their software could be used as a screensaver. Unfortunately, they don't do Linux. I also used to like MS Themes. Some of the themes you could download off the web personalized your workstation. We are not robots, we are individuals. I am not just another brick in the wall. And as to work till you die, unfortunately, that is because employers in the US treat employees as commodities with few exceptions. If you don't put in the time, then you may not be working. It is more survival mentality. Fortunately for me, I work for a company now that gives you a little more flex time. My last company, you had to work two years before getting one weeks vacation and only four holidays a year. One of which was Easter and you had that day off anyway. Plus you worked ten hour days and were on call 24/7. Glad to be out of there. Ed.
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 01:44, Rick Ace wrote:
Next, the "Kill" list - these ones seemed unprofessional or just plain wacky enough to drop alltogether:
Something like bsod is actually *confusing* for new users, so having it disabled by default is probably a good thing.
but having them there as an option would be nice for those newly converted sysadmins with a healthy sense of humor :)
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