[Linux-aus] Uniting Linux - good or bad?

[Arjen Lentz]

Hi Pia,

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 07:36, Pia Smith wrote:
> Looking for community feedback on this. Feel free to take it to other
> lists, but please get any useful feedback to either OSIA or LA as we are
> putting together a piece on it. 
> 
> So to kick this off:
> 
> http://news.com.com/Linux+standard+gains+big-name+backers/2100-7344_3-5363262.html). It's been implied that the number of Linux versions is its weakness:
> 
> - Is the growing number of Linux's its strength, or its weakness?
> - Has anything like this been tried before? Are you skeptical or not?

I think LSB is good.

As for Linux distros. Perhaps some people go overboard and start a new
distro for the heck of it (or their ego).
Overall, diversity is good. Choice. It helps innovation as people on
different tracks come up with different angles to similar problems. So
everybody benefits, really.


Regards,
Arjen.
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