Linux Vendors to Standardize on Single Distribution 497
Jon James writes "eWeek is reporting that a number of Linux vendors will announce on Thursday that they have agreed to standardize on a single Linux distribution to try and take on Red Hat's dominance in the industry. " The vendors in question are SuSe, Caldera, Conectiva, and Turbolinux. However, as the article also points out - Red Hat has a very well established lead in the corporate market - and Sun's decision to create Yet Another Linux Distribution (Sun Linux! Now With McNealy Vision!) will make the waters even more muddy.
Red Hat's dominance in the industry (Score:5, Funny)
Package Management? (Score:3, Funny)
To be honest... (Score:3, Funny)
However, when I think about it, perhaps that makes sense; I'm looking to run a desktop (mostly), whereas I'm presuming that when Linux is used in the corporate environment it is basically only on servers.
Is RedHat really such a good distro for corporate needs, or is it merely that it has a big name so everyone buys it? I always think of RedHat as the distro that's been around forever, even though no one seems to use it (here come the RedHat users to set me straight...) Guess I've been talking to the wrong people.
Corporations never did make good friends to talk to though.
That's Slashdot... (Score:4, Funny)
What are they going to call it? (Score:2, Funny)
CaSuTuCo?
Re:What are they going to call it? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What are they going to call it? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Red Hat's dominance in the industry (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cool.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:To be honest... (Score:3, Funny)
Cute!? The Mandrake penguin is frickin' scary. Duuubee dubee duuuu.....
Re:To be honest... (Score:1, Funny)
I'm sure you could get jailed for that ;)
Re:distro schmistro (Score:2, Funny)
There are the Debianites, who believe that all their script-tures should be free and that no script-ture shall be trusted till it's mettle has been proven. Many of these also worship the idol RMS and intend to forsake the word of Linus when RMS has completed his book of HURD.
There are the Sourceites, who believe that the script-tures must be compiled by each worshipper individually and that no precompiled script-ture shall be trusted. Many Sourceites care naught for the stability of their systems nor do they utilize it for more than benchmarking, after which they brag to others of how their system r0kz.
There are the Newbies, those who are recent converts to the word of Linus and have varying levels of faith. Many have run from the false promises of the Anti-Linux Bill G seeking salvation in the promise of stability and freedom from avarice. Many of Linus' followers take pity on the Newbies and work dilligently to provide them a comfortable place at the altar of Linus.
The motives of the Helpers of the Newbie are many. Most do it as faithful keepers of the Word of Linus, spreading his word far and wide. Many charge a small pittence for their work although they endure much distaste from others for it for legion are those who feel that they deserve the fruits of others labor for free.
Each believes his path to salvation is the right one and woe to the unlucky churl who defames it.
SunLinux? Bring it on! (Score:3, Funny)
Imagine a Linux distro with a functioning, but lamely configured SysV init, complete with run level changes that do NOTHING. Imagine a Linux distro with a SysV package system that makes it super easy to locate what file belongs to what package - so long as you are willing to write that tool (3 lines in awk, I swear!). Imagine a Linux distro with a syslogd configured out of the box to log all critical messages to the console, instead of some out-of-the-way log file. Imagine a Linux distro which included a completely broken BSD compatibility API, and plenty of warnings not to use it throughout 10 years' worth of OS documentation. Imagine a Linux distro every bit as half-assed as the one YOU would put together yourself, but with a Big Important Company's logo stuck to the box.
Sign me up!