Re: Operating systems are not religions (you fools)

[John]

e71p@yahoo.com wrote:

> I had an interview today where I was told that, because I had
> coded so much for Unix/Linux and only a couple years for Windows
> that I had to "change [my] religion" to Windows. I said, in
> as polite a tone as possible, "well it's not really a religion,
> it's just an OS; and I'm pretty much agnostic about OSes".
> But that wasn't enough, the dingbat manager was apparently quite
> serious and didn't believe that I could convert away from my
> Unix-and-Linux religion -- he didn't believe I was agnostic --
> to Windoze. He even mentioned that "at least" I didn't have any
> Java on my resume -- that would have been pure heresy it seems.
> But I even resorted to praising Windows despite the fact that I commonly
> watch Explorer crash under XP Pro after certain operations. Granted
> the kernel itself stays running...just don't install Visual C++!
> I must say I find it pathetic and stupid that people get wrapped up in
> their little operating systems. It's not just the interviewer: the
> bickering that goes on in Usenet is just the same, with Linux advocates
> trying to insult 'less pious' Linux users and Windows zealots making
> insipid childish attacks. The disdain that self-promoted gurus and experts
> have for the public only shows their hubris. And of course anyone
> who questions open source is automatically a heretic--the enemy.
> And all this religious childishness is over what, a stupid box of circuits
> sitting on your desk? Why the hell care? These people need to get a LIFE.

All hail the Mighty Penguin!

If anything, it sounds like that guy you interviewed with is the "fanatic".