discuss: Linux 2.0 to Now
Subject:
Linux 2.0 to Now
From:
Paul Hendricksen ####@####.####
Date:
10 Mar 2014 02:50:50 +0000
Message-Id: <4952C212-40D2-4772-8F52-CF12995CA8A7@gmail.com>
LDP,
I started out in the Linux community in 1998 and have followed LDP as things progressed. I survived the Linux upgrades and have seen, as you have seen, the development that Linux has created.
To provide a starting point for students at the EDU level, perhaps a "autobiography" of the Linux Kernel and it's contributing vendors should be outlined, documented, and published for the masses.
I exited the US Army in 2012, my right years in the Infantry (as a grunt, trigger puller, cannon fodder) didn't go to waste. I kept up on the effort of the Open Source Community and made sure when I got out, I would be at semi-par.
What I see now at the University Level is a gap. Students do not know what Linux actually is, as because of that, I feel they lack a fundamental appreciation for the need for Linux. "Why not AIX, or BSD, or ..." Is what I hear. A need for documentation for what lead to Open Cloud Computing is needed. How did we go from awesome uptime to multi-node cloud computers? Why isn't AIX and the other proprietary vendors a success?
End rant. What do you think?
Respectfully,
Paul Hendricksen
Excuse all typos and spelling errors, this is sent from my mobile.
