(Ted Harding) wrote:
> The alternative, as Alex says and as has been forcefully said in other
> places, is "UNIX Wars" all over again. This is what marginalised UNIX for
> many major software ISVs; the ones that stayed in were mainly those that
It also brings to mind the computer wars of 1978-1981. There were tons
of little boxes out there, led by Apple and the Trash80, but IBM fairly
well standardized the hardware. Now we are living with the outdated
architechture. Then the OS wars between DesqView, Windows , OS/2, Gym
and a couple of others. In each war the best designed product didn't
win, only the best marketed one (or the vendor using the least
scrupples).
Linux has avoided the "Unix Wars" by ignoring those that would rekindle
the flames. Personally, I like the independence the Linux allows. Can
you imagine if the Qt toolkit was declared the standard and Xwindows
programs written without it were shunned? Confine yourself to KDE for
the next 10-15 years? Why? Let freedom ring, let inovation flourish.
There will be enought "standardization" by virtue of the number of
packages sold, but each should allow some place in their distro for
wiggle room so improvements can burst out.
Jerry
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