On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:30:22 +0100 Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:58:26PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > True, it's a single point of failure, but it's made by GNU, whose > > agenda is less harmful to Linux than the agenda of Redhat. > > I nearly choked on my coffee reading that. Redhat built their > business on Linux; GNU have been hostile towards it for years. Hi Jonathan, I think you're talking about the Redhat from the days of Robert Young. Robert Young, and the business he ran, were totally devoted to Linux and free software. Those days are gone. You mention that Redhat built their business on Linux. That's indisputable. And, starting in the days of Robert Young, they Embraced Linux. Now, with systemd, they've Extended Linux in ways that, from my perception, are bumping right up against most peoples' definition of Linux. I'm very worried about the third shoe dropping. As far as GNU hostility, that hostility goes only so far as: 1) They feel GNU should be given credit for most of its utilities being used together with the Linux kernel so to make a complete OS. All they ask is to call it GNU/Linux. 2) They have some licensing issues with some software used on GNU/Linux. 3) Stallman's a hostile kinda guy. Linux is nothing special :-) Look at it this way: If GNU wanted to stick stuff into their compiler to reduce the utility of Linux, they would have done so years ago. They never have. Redhat just did, bigtime. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140924123335.4f92e...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
