On 8/2/07, Shawn Tan wrote: > > Actually, this brings up another consideration. We hardware people need good > software tools. However, we're not often willing to spend the time to write > these tools. We tend to use whatever is off-the-shelf. To people like us, > software isn't the ends, it's just a means to get there. That's probably why > pure software people can get more religious than the hardware engineers. > Thanks a lot for the insight. I was wondering about this question from time to time why highly intelligent people can get so religious in the open source community. I highly respect Linus though. He seems to be much a more practical guy. Apparently he is a software guy but he is quite different from the others in the same community. Ok I'd better shut up. Apparently I am not in a good mode these two days. I should be happy now since I will go back home tomorrow. It is so good to be home... Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist