Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964822AbVLGCk3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:40:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965053AbVLGCk3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:40:29 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:20940 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964822AbVLGCk2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:40:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:40:00 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Coywolf Qi Hunt Cc: Tim Bird , Dave Airlie , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051207024000.GB19746@kroah.com> References: <21d7e9970512051610n1244467am12adc8373c1a4473@mail.gmail.com> <4394DA1D.3090007@am.sony.com> <20051206040820.GB26602@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512052358m5b631204i@mail.gmail.com> <20051206161131.GB2088@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512061738l2f19aa54x@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900512061738l2f19aa54x@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1156 Lines: 28 On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:38:30AM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > 2005/12/7, Greg KH : > > And no kernel developers are forcing anyone to use Linux. If they don't > > like it for whatever reasons, there are other alternatives... > > AFAIK, no proprietary software vendors are forcing any1 to buy their > proprietary software. Still you are speaking in a monopoly tone! How is the statement, "If you don't trust the intelligence of the Linux kernel developers, then don't use the Linux kernel." a monopolistic tone? I'm serious, I never want to force anyone to use Linux. I want to make Linux be so good that everyone wants to use it, out of their own free will. And if they disagree with the way Linux is developed, or the license terms, or the way it works, it will not bother me at all if they choose to use something else. I hear OpenSolaris is looking for users :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/