-=> Eric Renfro wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 ER>> Heh. I've actually turned down working for companies, because I
 ER>> always ask one question during an interview. "Will I ever be
 ER>> required to run, operate, configure, manage, or even so much as
 ER>> touch a Windows Desktop, or Windows Server" And "Can I get an
 ER>> actual Linux oriented Workstation?" And I don't mean a PC with
 ER>> Linux on it, I mean an actual workstation. 

 DC> Hehe, nice, unless...... it means you don't get the job. LOL

 ER> I mean, it does mean that I will actively turn down jobs in
 ER> situations like that. But in my case, I can afford to be picky
 ER> and specific. I get 5~10 offers for work every week. More during
 ER> the prime times of January and July, where lots of companies do
 ER> their biggest hiring hunts.

Well that's cool.  I'm assuming you're a programmer of some 
kind... (?)

 DC> Well, yes, it doesn't have many of the flashy GUI-configgy things
 DC> that are common nowadays, but once you know your way around it's
 DC> just as easy. Patrick calls himself a "benevolent dictator". :-)
 DC> As far as I know, it is *THE* oldest surviving distro today.

 ER> Yepperding. All bow to Patrick Volkerding, supre.... Nope. Not
 ER> me! LOL. But yes, it is one of the oldest. But then again, So is
 ER> Debian, Red Hat Linux, and openSUSE still, runners up from
 ER> Slackware at least. openSUSE was originally based on SLS and then
 ER> rebased off Slackware.

Haha, yes, I understand that thinking.  But I would also argue 
that all those other distros also basically have one Head MoFo in 
Charge kinda guy too, really not much different than Slackware in 
that regard.  Especially now that the big ones have become a 
commercial endeavor, pretty much.

 DC> Indeed. The essence of Linux, right there.

 ER> All bow down to Linus Torvalds for a great kernel! That I can do!
 ER> 

No doubt about that!  He's the *real* HMFIC...  ;-)


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