I agree that it was not a good idea to make a comparison between an entire OS and a specific app...
But, that's what I had to work with (in responding to the NY Times article) *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected] > wrote: > > Why some open-source project enjoy so much more corporate support than > others > > -- > http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/virtual-cio/linux-vs-openssl-support-a-matter-of-revenue-potential-60915 > > > > Please take a look at this article and let me know what you think... > > So, if we're gonna compare "Linux" to "OpenSSL" then gets a few things > straight: > > Linux is an operating system which is nothing without the collection of > projects > that provide it any use. OpenSSL is one such project, but we could have > used Polar > for example... > > If you think that is not relevant and you want to simply be pedantic, boot > your kernel > without *any* packages or userland, configure your network and mua, and > reply to me... > > Anyways, since we compared an "Operating System" or more realistically a > "collection" > against a single item, this debate raises an exception:) > > >
