> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Hacker > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:42 AM
[ Snip ] > IMNSHO, the community *needs* and should value Linux-archy for the > creativity it fosters, even if we choose to run the results of that on > *BSD, OS X, or OS/2 for stability. Ummm... it might be worth noting that this last observation is not supportable by any objective evidence; when both IBM and SGI (to name but two) will happily sell you large Linux-based commercial solutions, vague assertions about so-called instability lack much credence... > - But I suspect RH's move may signal the beginning of a major > contraction w/r 'commercial' packaging of Linux at the consumer end in > general. Ubiquitous broadband + MS dominance... Possibly, but the fact of Fedora suggests that in practice what Redhat is trying to achieve is proper brand-recognition for their commercial (supported) packaging -- priced much lower than MS's equivalent -- and to avoid consumer confusion between the no-charge versions and the supported versions. > With what? 100+? distros of Linux now, sure wish we could entice Sam to > move to the *BSD's as a dev platform. Why? You've stated an excellenet reason why *not*, which is the 100+ Linux distributions! > I haven't needed to install or > turn on the Linux-binaries interface in FreeBSD in nearly two years now, > and suspect that moving a build/tarball/RPM from *BSD back to Linux > would be at least as easy as the reverse... Possibly, but that's not the issue: would it be as easy as moving from Linux to Linux? I know a lot of this is pure religion, and I am well aware of a number of the virtues of some of the BSD variants; but I am also aware of some of the virtues of OS/2, DR/DOS, CPM, RSX-11, RSTS/E, VMS, DOS/370 etc. and recognize that *despite* those virtues, the mainstream went elsewhere... > Bill Hacker Malc. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
