On 24 April 2009 am 00:22:33 Chris Henry wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim <[email protected]> > wrote: [..] > > > > >From what I know, Redhat is top 5 companies in terms of patches > > contribution to the Linux kernel. (In the same measure, Canonical was > at 300+ a year ago, and I don't think Canonical improves very much.) >
Hi Chris, This issue was discussed widely a couple of months ago. Linux needs kernel contributors , artists, packagers, mirror providers, top grade (free) support, commercial support etc etc to flourish. While contributions to kernels is important, I think you should also remember that Linux is not just kernel code. It was Canonical / *buntu that has done the hard work of popularizing Linux especially among the non geek crowd and made Linux appealing once again. Oh, BTW, the misleading fact that you repeated here was originally started by Novell's Greg Kroah Hartman. And I hope you have read Dustin Kirkland's rebuttal: http://dustinkirkland.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/whats-behind-gregkhs- latest-rant/ PS: My co. is listed on Canonical Marketplace, but I make all my money at work from RHEL. I am writing this as a linux enthusiast, not as a supporter of Canonical or anything. Regards Anand > > -- > Chris > [email protected] > +65 9755 3292 > http://www.google.com/profiles/chrishenry.ni > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
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