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Do we need a unified Linux front?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 9 comments
The Open Road; By Matt Asay
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The U.S. Constitution makes a point of guarding against tyranny through a series of checks and balances. The software market, it turns out, is no different. Or, rather, it could turn out to be that way. Windows has stood alone for over a decade as the dominant operating system for personal computers, and had a growing lock on the server, too. But then Linux happened, and Apple's Mac OS X is increasingly spoiling the Windows party, too (though some recent data suggests that Microsoft's "I'm a PC" marketing may have actually paid off).

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Comments (9)

Linux is not and never has been about replacing one monopoly with another. It is about replacing one business method with another.

At a time when events seem to be going our way he wants us to change and use the MS method.

By the way, we really do need all this diversity. OEMs, and everybody else, should be able to choose the system they want.
Be great if the Linux Community agreed on something. But as others have pointed out on LXer anarchy is the way to go.
Says who?

(Hey, just doing my part to question authority.)
But I am not an authority! I are the obverse of authority.
"...anarchy is the way to go."

It was not prefixed with "I/we/some think/say/claim..." It was stated as argumentum ad populum.
As soon as you say anarchy is the way to go it isn't anarchy anymore.
>> ...anarchy is the way to go.

Well, then let's get one organized.
I'd bring this up at the next "Apathy Anonymous" meeting, if I cared enough to attend.
TT: Yep!

NoD...: Bob Robertson will call the meeting to order.

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