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March 03, 2005
technological diversity
Diversity is often applied to the racial equation, but it can be very important in technology too. One of the original reasons I was attracted to Oracle technology was because it ran on so many Unix platforms, as well as windows. Now it runs on Macintosh too.
Dan over at IP Inferno wrote an excellent piece called Monoglot World on why it's important to be a polyglot especially in todays computing environment. He's right, Linux and Mac folks are extra sensitive to this.
But there's another really important reason why everyone should try to use different software + technology. Many of the viruses, trojans, and other malware infecting computers on the internet, take advantage of the fact that so many users are using Outlook, or IE. They spread like wildfire, and leave a mess in their tracks.
Download a copy of Firefox, Opera, pick up a Mac Mini or even if you're really ambitious, install a copy of Linux on your PC. You'll learn a lot, sometimes the hard way, about why standards are important, and why Tim-Berners-Lee still uses a Mac.
Posted by admin at March 3, 2005 12:59 AM