On Fri, 31 May 2002 07:34:09 -0400 et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 30 May 2002 11:26 pm, you wrote: > > On Thu, 30 May 2002 19:42:11 -0400 > > > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:42 pm, you wrote: > > > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:26 pm, Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: > > > > > Both in a corporative sense, in how it will/could affect other > > > > > linux distributions, and technically if it will be of any > > > > > benefit to Linux codebase as a whole... > > > > > > > > > > Wooky > > > > > > > > My opinion of United Linux. > > > > > > > > Four sick dogs don't make one well dog. > > > > > > well said... > > > > > > just a nother group to speak out about their personal ideas of > > > what should be a standard. > > > > Uuuuu on this one I don't agree. The standard they are striving for > > is the LSB .... this is a standard that even Mandrake has been > > behind.(From the conversation I had with someone from Mandrake at > > Linux World They see it as very beneficial to all.) > why another group for the same thing, why not announce they back and > will strive to clairify the LSB? we already have LSB, why start a new > lsb2?
>From what I've read they don't intend to re-write the LSB but to pool efforts to comply with it. This seems to be a unified message from all concerned ... Even Ransom Love.. although I do take what he says with a keg of salt. After all how many years have Unix people been arguing about /opt vs /usr/local (I don't care I just want to know.) Half my kde3 is in /usr the other half in /opt and I'm going nuts trying to get it all to work. I'd love to see this kind of stuff put to rest forever. > > > I tend towards agreement with > > this standard. It pulls together the FHS POSIX and a slew of other > > standards in Unix. Then adds to it the needs specific to Linux. As > > for 4 sick dogs. Connectiva is not sick. They are after all the > > number 1 selling distro in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.(ie > > south of the US/Mexican border) SuSe for all of their problems in > > the US, are strong with IBM and big Iron and Making inroads with > > Large German Concerns. Turbo lost out in the US but still remains on > > of the best CJVK distro's in Asia. Caldera.... well they are > > burdened with Ransom Love (*cheesy grin*) Seriously though Caldera > > has SCO Unix and although it lost out to Sun there is a large and > > very useful code base there. > > > > Winners IBM HP/Compaq and the Linux community. (distro's included) > > > > Losers M$ and to a lesser degree Sun. M$ loses big time because it > > gives Intel and the other chip makers more reason to look at Linux > > compliance.(IBM carries big weight) IBM compatible could become a > > buzz word for software like it was in the 80's for PC's. (It will > > be nice to hear people stop saying PC when they mean a cheap box > > running windwoze.) > > > > Big Winners .... You and I. Linux goes mainstream. Hardware starts > > paying attention to both Linux and standards.(Sorry Western Digital) > > All around we win. Is RedHat worried.... why else would they > > suddenly start filing patents. They are tired of being used as a > > jumping off point for new distro's. > > > > James > >
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