Brent,
Hmm...this is a very important point you bring up. I for one did not
mean "One OS" as in one operating system being the only OS available, but
more to go with the idea that we're organizing one event, across the whole
world, on one day, to promote this one OS. However, I think it is very
easy to take the wrong way, so perhaps a replacement is in order. I
already removed "One Step Closer to Total World Domination" from the web
page title.
- Deepak
On Jun 01 1999, at 10:33, Brent DeShazer was caught saying:
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> One Day
> One World
> ----> One Operating System <----
> An Army of Geeks
>
>
> OK, I'm pumped on the Linux Demo day idea...think its great! And I love the OS,
> no doubt about it. But does anyone else besides me have a problem with the
> indicated line above from the web page? It seems to come off really M$-ish... I
> think its great that Linux is really taking off, but do any of us really want to
> see a world with "One Operating System" (or even one Linux distro)? Not me, even
> if that OS was Linux. I think there should always be a choice of competing
> products. Some people around here actually like M$ NT and believe that its a
> superior product. They're using it to get their work done, and they're happy
> with it. More power to them.
>
> The great thing about linux is it appears to be the first real threat to M$. Do
> I want to see M$ destroyed? Not really. But I would like to see them actually
> make a decent product (last one IMHO was DOS...hey, it worked!). The fact that
> Linux is primarily the work of volunteers who give their software away will
> hopefully prevent it from being sucked into the vast black hole that is the
> current M$ Corp. Hopefully M$ will spend their $$$ on improving their product
> instead of trying to kill Linux with marketing and FUD.
>
> Maybe I'm over-reacting here or mis-interpreting...I just think that it's really
> important for us to project the right image for this thing for it to be a
> success.
>
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> Brent DeShazer
> Network Systems Engineer
> U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
> (785) 295-2574
> (785) 295-2878 - fax
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