Being #1 means that the system needs to be adapted to grandma, not us. If it has to sell to the masses, it has to be adopted to the masses.
It's enough to see how the main Linux distros have changed over the last years, along with its growing popularity, to understand, that if Linux will beat Windows one day, it will in fact be the same thing.
And suppose that Red Hat would totally rewrite some small central part of the kernel, making it deliberately incompatible, and not release the source? And then market it agressively with bells and whistles? Who would care that the kernel is not free to copy anymore, because of one little module, which is truly copyrighted?
It's so easy to turn Linux into a closed-source system.
So let's be careful about our ambitions, shall we?
Eli
Assaf Flatto wrote:
<slashdot> I hope this wont scare away people from Linux. Linux will never displace Windows as the number 1 OS in Israel until it will have user friendly spokepersons like Microsofts ads. Much of the success of Linux in the world is due to Linus being a good looking blonde and we need to learn from that. We need tall blonde scantly clad well equipped males and feamles to pose for magazine shots. Only then will we win the OS wars in Israel. </slashdot>Then We are doomed to be in the fringes of OS limbo till the world ends . At least in israel - according to you ! Assaf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message may contain confidential, commercial and privileged information or data that constitute proprietary information of Cellcom Israel Ltd. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use of this information or data by any other person is absolutely prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies and contact us by e-mailing to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Thank You. ================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
