You obviously haven't been using Linux for long.  I've seen more elitism in the Unix and Linux communities than one would find in any of the Ivy League schools, and that includes the Professors...

Annoying as he'll to those of us who would one day like to see the general public using Linux.

On Aug 25, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Eric F Crist <ecrist at secure-computing.net> wrote:

> Sure, because basing status on the operating system someone uses makes any sense at all.
> 
> "Mike Miller" <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Justin Krejci wrote:
>> 
>>> My children mostly never have even used windows, perhaps at 
>>> friends/family/school. Though still young they will be more comfortable 
>>> with non-MS operating systems I think. What an interesting breed the 
>>> next generation will become.
>> 
>> My son is just starting college in the next week or so.  He moved to his 
>> dorm at UW-Madison today.  I think in his peer group there is more status 
>> attached to Linux than to the other popular OSs.  That's a good sign.
>> 
>> Mike
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