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hoojchoons:
VoidMain, you got me totally wrong. I am not suggesting that all of Linux distros should merge in one. That's not what I mean by standardizing some aspects of the OS. I, myself like the different flavours of Linux distros. Don't get me wrong ;)
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by hoojchoons:
I'm sorry Calum but at least to me there was and allways will be the matter of prevailing!
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that'll be your territorial instincts showing through
quote:You seem to oversimplify things when you claim that "if it's a better OS, more people will use it,..". Unfortunately, the majority of computer users out there is even unaware that GNU/Linux really exists! Not everyone is a techie you know and certainly not everyone is willing to go into all that trouble just to install a new OS on their machine/s no matter how much better it is!!
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I think you misunderstand what i said, i do not give a rat's chuff about what most people use on their machines, GNU/Linux is not a company and therefore its development is not hindered or helped by how many users are actually using it. Number of developers yes, number of users no.
quote:That's what I started this topic for. I simply wanted to state that in order to make GNU/Linux known to the rest of the world, one must standardize some important aspects of the OS, like the file system, the package formats etc.
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so you only wanted to state that? not to see anybody actually respond with their own opinions?
quote:Of course, all of the above apply only if you or anyone else here want to see LINUX PREVAIL and not only flame Windoze users or M$ at the first chance you get. :D
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I think it's just as bad to want to see linux dominate the market place as it is to want to see windows dominate it. In some ways it is worse because everybody knew that M$ was selling units all along, Linux would be a traitor if it became an undisputed best seller.
As far as your comments about flaming windows users, once again, how many times? i DO NOT flame windows users, i flame cunts and arseholes, if they are windows users (oh what a coincidence, most of them ARE) then tough shit, that's the way the cookie crumbles. When X11 first came on here
he called me a Microsoft drone, and i flamed him, when macman came on here he posted a lot of posts to that effect too, and i flamed him also. All cleared up now though and i think they are both fine chaps. You keep marching in to war, but i'll be using my brain to make my decisions thanks... :D
Master of Reality:
quote:I think it's just as bad to want to see linux dominate the market place as it is to want to see
windows dominate it. In some ways it is worse because everybody knew that M$ was selling units
all along, Linux would be a traitor if it became an undisputed best seller.
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linux wouldnt necessarily be a traitor if it became an undisputed bestseller, unless they started using business crushing tactics like MS, then they would be a traitor. Perhaps people will eralize that Linux is a better OS and start using it (and vendors will have it preinstalled), that wouldnt make them a traitor. If they decided to sue every other company they could get a hold of, and steal information and resources from other companies with good ideas, then they could be called "the ne M
voidmain:
Let's just hope Linux puts a couple of these companies (M$) out of business, *because* it is free (as in Willy). I don't believe that is a harsh statement considering Billy's tone toward open source and GPL lately. He must be trembling in his boots to make such statements or he would just ignore the whole thing. After all, *he's* the one with the 99.999999% market share. And no one is pushing anyone to use something other than Microsoft (big advertising). They are doing it on their own free will because they are fed up with M$. Kind of hard to fight that.
[ May 18, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
hoojchoons:
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[Posted by Calum:
that'll be your territorial instincts showing through]
What the fuck are you talking about??? :eek: :eek:
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[..,GNU/Linux is not a company..]
Oh, really? Hmmm, that's something new for me to learn. How did I miss such an important detail in my five years of using Linux? :eek:
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[...and therefore its development is not hindered or helped by how many users are actually using it. Number of developers yes, number of users no.]
Then, who are those developers developing it for? Themselves? Oh boy you're so wrong here! I myself have been taking part as a user and not a developer for the past two years in the Greek translation of KDE (package kde-i18n-el). In most cases my friend, a user is also the developer in GNU/Linux. You don't only have to be a coder or a Network engineer to participate in the development of GNU/Linux!!! That's the beauty of Open source. That's why I do care about how many people use it on their machines ;)
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[so you only wanted to state that? not to see anybody actually respond with their own opinions?]
to state = to affirm, to articulate, to assert, to aver, to declare, to EXPLAIN, to expound, to EXPRESS, to PRESENT, to report etc. Why would I start a topic my friend, if I didn't want to here everyone's opinions? as for the verb "to state" you can look it up in a dictionary or thesaurus (another Greek word I love), just to refresh your English!!
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[I think it's just as bad to want to see Linux dominate the market place as it is to want to see windows dominate it....]
Again, I never used the word "dominate". I just said something about Linux prevailing as in Linux succeeding, triumphing, winning over MicroSoft's truly evil business practises. Please, think first before misjudging someone. In your own words "..I'll be using my brain to make decisions, thanks...". That's all...
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