On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:03:00PM -0600, zeeble@softhome.net wrote:
Why? Strangle the web with even more crap traffic? And thanks for the info....I did'nt know that software companies were so involved in rolling their "own OSes"...name me 5-10 for more enlightenment.
Why 5-10? Ask for 50-100 and I am sure you will get atleast those many. If you thought that the only OS'es in this world are *nix, Solaris, Windows think again! There's a whole menagerie of operating systems out there!
And what might the difference between GNU/Linux and "most Linuxes" be?
Whoa, I thought the original message was meant to be sarcastic / humurous about Novell's announcement ... I don't think the OP actually meant to distinguish between GNU/Linux and Linux ... yikes, imagine that!!!
run. But as this GNU/Linux and Linux divide seems to grow, more and more people who write actual good code are in the news, and it is the zealots who seem to have more time to fight about "ideals" rather than write the code that has an even greater impact on Open Source and GNU....
Peace! Never heard of a divide between GNU/Linux and Linux enthusiasts. Zealots will always be zealots and hackers will always be hackers. And sometimes, one person might be both! And as Free Software gets more popular ... there's a breed more dangerous than zealots that will join the fray - half-informed "technical" media persons who are simply gonna make life even worse (or better, depending on whether you enjoy such flamewars or not)
Writing good software and promoting. My only problem is people who make these pompous statements which hardly sync with reality. But I guess they are just as entitled to their opinions and actions just as much as I am.
Like I said, the original mail was probably meant to be humurous. Would like to add that not all supporters of Free Software contribute through software - there are people who are last in the line to be called "hackers", or even "programmers" ... they are here only because the understand the concept of Freedom and love the community that's built itself around it. They do their bit too by promoting Free Software *and* fighting verbal wars over it, and are required in more numbers because of the increasing popularity of this damn cool way of life.
Sameer.