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Sage:
I was reading an article in this mag the other day and came across something about "United Linux".

If you havent heard, a group of Linux distributors have come together to make a Linux that is universal - being that there is one standard code. All this just to combat RedHat.

Sound Familiar? Seems that Linux maybe running down the road of Windows.

Seems everyday that Linux is becoming more "closed-source".

But yer

LINUX FOR GOD

voidmain:
Huh?  United Linux has nothing to do with closing up source code. You must be thinking of Lindows. It is a group of companies that got together to standardize on a base OS thinking it would be better for developers to write apps against.  I think it's just a way for all those weenie Linux distros to finally go out of business together.      

Linux and GNU software will never be closed source. Sure there will be add on applications that will be closed source, as there are now. Hopefully more of the vendors that write Windows apps will also port their apps to Linux.

Demanding that they open up their source code will not make them run to Linux.  However, if they decide to open their source all the better. There is no rule anywhere that states your application must be GPL or open source if you write an application for Linux. The goal is for there to be Free/free software alternatives though.  Where there aren't, the proprietary apps will sell.

[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

KernelPanic:
Was it linux format you were reading?
If it was you have read the article all wrong.

Calum:
i read that article too, and it is not that.

it is about creating a standard set of linux rules (like posix maybe a bit but more wide ranging and more contemporary) and then, any distros that voluntarily comply to these specs get given a certificate saying they are compliant.

This sounds like a great idea to me, newbies will know that UL certified docs will apply 100% to their distro so long as it is also UL certified.

There's nothing to stop, for example, slackware or debian from not bothering to comply, since a lot of people will still use them, those people will just know that their distro is not 100% compliant, which for people who already use those systems, might even be a good thing.

Sage:
You people have seemed to miss the point of what I was saying.

I was talking about the competiton between all Linux companies, its becoming a cat and mouse fight.

Seems that RedHat is now the dominant figure for Linux. Some people may disagree, but I feel it is true. Plainly because of RedHats ease of use (For which I like   )

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