Roman Catholics are like Microsoft and Evangelicals are like Linux/open-source. Discuss?

7 Comments

1. The Dude says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   Hehe… As a contributor to a handful of Linux projects and an author of a few open source Python libraries, I might as well respond.

   The RCC is centralized like Microsoft, and the Evangelical system is mostly decentralized. So I could see that.

   Personally I think a better comparison is this: the RCC is like AT&T Unix and Evangelicals are like BSD. They have the same root project (Christianity), but the project long ago split in a great schism / software fork. They basically have the same tenants, but differ on the details and distribution rights.

   EDIT: Do prophets have sudo privileges? And, does this mean that God runs in kernel-space and humans run in user-space? If so, it might explain why BSD and SysV Unix have different models about how God (ie, the kernel) can send signals to user-space processes (ie, humans)…
2. tawaen, Incarnatrix of Evil says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   Does that make us atheists Apple? Sweet.
3. Juan Espera De Dios says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   microsoft rules the world…and is the real thang.
4. Crazy Pirate says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   evangelicals are NOT open-source!
5. Gabriela says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   I love Microsoft. Seriously. I’m the biggest Microsoft nerd. Maybe not as nutty as the Apple fanboys and girls, but I friggin love Microsoft. And the irony in this is, I’m Catholic.
6. didi says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
   One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

   And that applies to both of them.

   Apple rules!
7. Meg W says:

   28. October 2009 at 15:01

   I agree with The Dude.