Robert, All of that is well and good, and I agree with what you have said. But I do not think it addresses the author's point. Different distros doing things their way, the way that their users have become accustomed is freedom. Distros changing the way they do things from release to release, or putting their own atrocities in the way of the system (can anyone say YAST), to pigeon hole their users into one distro is the same kind of tyrany that Microsoft practices every day. I used to have one box running Mandrake and one running SuSE, but now they are both running Mandrake because I became weary of SuSE putting things in the wrong place, overwriting my changes, and just being generally uncooperative. Regrettably, this latest version of Mandrake is exhibitting some of the same qualities (not using the /etc/sysconfig/* files for their conterparts in /etc/rc.d/init.d for example). I do 100% of my computer time (in this seat, no accounting for taste at my employer) at this Linux box, so it would be nice if it consistently worked from release to release. mg On Thursday 28 June 2001 06:34, Robert wrote: > IMHO, different distributions offer freedom of choice, a big plus for the > Linux crowd when compared to M$. We sometimes caught up by the greed fo the > closed source world and forget that different means choices. This is what > promotes true competition. Only those companies who fear true competition > (M$) would think that these differences are positive. Those distros who do > not get purchased will fail and preferred distos will prosper. > > I just got finished reading Linus' book "Just for Fun" (can you tell????) I > recommend it higly. > > Rob > > On Thursday 28 June 2001 00:16, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > Sigh... > > > > Why do you fall for this FUD? > > > > Different distros have been around for a long time without major > > incident. > > > > The writer is helping Microsoft more than anyone else. He has fallen > > prey to their mindset. > > > > -JMS > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Benjamin Sher > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:30 AM > > To: Expert; Newbie > > Subject: [expert] Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already > > here? > > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > "If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a > > virtual > > Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has > > been > > adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily."
