hmm.. does this mean that like bangalore guys, we try for an IBM sponsoship ? or not ?
or try RH, MD, Caldera, or other ? ..pk ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] IBM & linux > Hi, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raja Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:28 AM > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] IBM & linux > > > > We need not focus on WHY IBM supports Linux as long as it does. > > I am sure we are all enthusiasts of Linux for totally different > > reasons. > > > > May I put a very simple question to you? Why do u use Linux? If your answer is to "Make Money"... then maybe you need not care abt the freeness or unified standards... then again maybe you do! > > Let me elaborate on that... the reason most of us (those that are doing so) are able to make money on Linux is also because Linux *IS* FREE! > > Think abt this once... should one fine day you wake up to find that you are not able to extend/modify or fork the codebase legally anymore... or certain changes published by a OSS major breaks your solutions... what then??? > > Thats why we need to care... and protect the basic principle of OSS and/or Free Software... since OSS != FS we need to keep our eyes and ears open to the changes in Licencing and these "attempts at standardisation"... > > OSS/FS like Linux was always about choice... having an Option... a stable alternative OS platform... the inherent polymorphic behaviour of OSS/FS software have till date allowed for so much of community participation and ownership (aah! brings back to my mind the first time I had read "Homesteading on the Noosphere" ;-) > > IMHO... steps like this could well be much sought after silver lining... and then again it might also be the roll of distant thunder... and that's we we need to be watchful! That why *WE* need to care much more now that Linux is no longer the Hackers' OS... but a main-stream OS. > > Just my 2p... :-) > > --indra. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
