Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:10:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:10:25 -0500 Received: from in02-fes2.whowhere.com ([209.202.220.219]:55540 "HELO whowhere.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:10:23 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:20:52 0000 From: "Dean McEwan" Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sent-Mail: off Reply-To: dean.mcewan@eudoramail.com X-Mailer: MailCity Service X-Priority: 3 Subject: Re: The GPL, the kernel. and the GNU, barely . X-Sender-Ip: 195.195.129.3 Organization: Lycos Mail (http://www.mail.eudoramail.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1948 Lines: 54 > Because, to a large extent, for the core kernel developers, the existing > system is fine. Rather like a chocolate teapot, those who are going off tea, wouldn't care less. >Right there you've put your finger on a problem. Many core developers are >working hard to make sure that this never happens. See arguments in favor >of open source. This list has those? WOW. >>It looks to me as though an underlying, larger problem is that there are >several distinct communities which are all interested in Linux, but which >have divergent values. Only 2 of those communities developed the whole OS, neither of them was NVidia. >Others want a Windows-killer and >obsess about the desktop, or installation, or other ease-of-use-by-those- >who'd-rather-not-think-about-computers issues. Ah the readers/creators of linux format... >Me, I could care less whether Linux achieves world domination. The >business desktop is to me an utterly uninteresting problem. The only >reason I worry about things like market penetration is that competing >So, you need to look at the *really* big picture. There are people who >think the way you do, and people who don't, and it would be a worthy >challenge to find a way to somewhat satisfy both groups. Why if they don't develop code, should they get a say??? >Given the inertia of existing applications and documents in business >[read Microsoft Office] you also need to get Microsoft on board as an NO NO NO NO NO No. NOT M$, NOT NOW. NOT EVER. >john alvord Thanks for your opinion... Time to develop code, and shut up... --- Cheers, Dean. Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/