On 22/05/2015 13:10, Ish Sookun wrote:
> Hi Dhiruj,
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Dhiruj Rambaran
> <dhiruj_at_shoponline.mu <mailto:dhiruj_at_shoponline.mu>> wrote:
>
> Lol.. exactly!_at_software written ms-sql server + asp.net
> <http://asp.net>(C#).
>
>
> Okay.
>
>
>
> I have fairly strong views against using open source. I have never
> voiced them out in public before as I know this community is
> largely open source.
>
>
> The Mauritius Internet Users is not about open source or free software.
/Understood/
>
>
> However I do plan to write about my views, as well as reasoning
> behind such views, at a time where I have.. you guessed it.. "time".
>
>
> I respect people's opinion. We could discuss the subject over a beer
> some day :-)
/ Yep.. beer always a good way to discuss/
>
>
> Also.. though the younger generation is all about open source now
> (and I would also have been dabbling in it too if I was younger),
> one must not forget there is an older generation whom, in our day,
> Linux was not really an option. Most in my day programmed in
> Fortan, pascal,C/C++/SQL, DBase etc.
>
>
> Some of the languages you mention work perfectly fine on Linux.
> I do not agree with "the younger generation is all about open source".
> We have several universities/colleges in Mauritius and a tiny size of
> that use or understand Free Software/Open Source in the real sense.
/ok/
>
>
> If it makes anyone feel better, your time will come too :)) when
> linux/java/android etc is totally out.. and Z++ is in.
>
>
> If I find something else that replies to my needs & ideals, yes, I
> will gladly embrace it :D
/
// Yes, this is why I have embraced T-SQL, C# etc. Shoponline
works fine with it in the cloud :)/
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
Received on Fri May 22 2015 - 09:19:00 PST