Well the discussion of the commercialization of linux certainly is topical (to listen and learn) for me. But certainly not cftalk topical.
It seems to me that the missing ingredient (if any) for linux these days is the commercialization. From the discussion on this thread it seems apparent that people are not interested in Linux because it is free, but because it is capable, and they are willing to pay an amount to receive a "package" and ongoing support for particular build streams, and value added build streams/support. I hope redistribution becomes a licensing non-issue, where Linux distributors offer value with oem and packaged distributions for retail. And of course ongoing value added support services. I find Lindows interesting because it is a blatant effort to commercialize Linux. And I certainly think there is room right now to build and support niche installation distributions too numerous to mention. http://www.lindows.com/lindows_products_license.php FYI Lindows uses http://www.debian.org http://www.kde.org http://www.winehq.com I'm not sure what the original thread was any more, but I'll soak up all of this discussion. whereever it gets carried... I need to find a linux dist for 6 pack of p200 I inherited (shutdown an office in Winnipeg for another company), to give to people looking for lean Internet cruisers, word processors. Interested in thought or suggestions. Best Regards, Eric Dawson ======================== CF-Talk Feature Yap It would be handy to have a ban this topic link for people not interested in following the future winds of particular threads. Keep the discussion going but allow people to opt out of particular threads. We could put it right next to the read this thread link in its entirety that we have talked about in the past. When you ban, you would receive an email saying - You are no longer receiving discussion relating to this thread... <click here to read>. ======================== From: "samcfug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lindows was Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 01:49:23 -0600 Don't apologize, I consider it very pertinent to our group ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: Lindows was | i guess thats why we all have opinions:) | | but i do agree its not a direct cf topic and I got carried away, already | said sorry | | but i'd still like to know, lol | | Dave | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <"Tangorre>; <Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> | To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 1:35 AM | Subject: RE: Lindows was | | > ditto | > | > -----Original Message----- | > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | > Sent: Sat 2/15/2003 11:09 PM | > To: CF-Talk | > Cc: | > Subject: RE: Lindows was | > | > > but I'm sure a lot of people here would like to hear | > > about how it works! | > | > I'm sure a lot of people don't want to hear about it either, though, and | > it's pretty off-topic for a CF programming list. | > | > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software | > http://www.figleaf.com/ | > voice: (202) 797-5496 | > fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
