[ILUG] Is Linux dying?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Steven Satelle (ssatelle at iol.ie):

> Or not dying, being smothered?

"End of Linux predicted.  PNG at 11."

(Or, to a bit less telegraphic, "Same old, same old.")

> ...I thought I'd try out SJD before switching back to debian.

As always, there are proprietary bundles on top of Linux distributions, 
and their backers buy press coverage for them.  This honestly is not news.

> Yes I can hear the arguments, companies need to make their money, but
> what happened to the FSF argument of making your money from support,
> documentation and extras?

That happens, too.  You want one of those?  Download 'em.
Distrowatch.com will help.

> I wouldnt be worried about this move if sun were the only company doing
> it, but Redhat, Xandros and Others are all doing this. What about giving
> back to the community? What happened to the core of opensource
> development to release often?

Be serious, please.  There are more, and healthier, distributions
consisting solely of publicly redistributable code than ever before in
Linux history.  They just tend not to have big advertising budgets.
Fortunately, you know how to use a Web browser, so you're fine.  ;->

> I feel that the sun's of the world just dont understand the opensource
> model....

Sun Microsystems, Inc. love open source, except for the 50% of the time
when they don't.  Again, same old.

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Cheers,
Rick Moen                                Bu^so^stopu min per kulero.  
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