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   -=> 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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