On Wednesday 31 July 2002 11:37, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > the "L" in CLUE stands for Linux. therefore, a really easy test for > appropriateness is: does it run on Linux? secondary may be whether or not > it is Free / Open Source software. tertiary may be whether it has a > Canadian connection.
Linux is not everything. OpenBSD is an other interesting project. Even "Linux" is very limited in scope: it's just a kernel. Usually, we mean GNU/Linux, which includes GNU, a much bigger project that just a kernel. In my opinion, the name of the group could be changed to encompass all free software. > Oracle and DB2 run on Linux. therefore i'd assume they are of interest. > they are both closed, however, and therefore remain outsiders from the > perspective of community. it still remains that they are a valued and > interesting piece of technology within the realm of Linux. They might be interesting for some people, but let those companies do their own marketing. We want to push usage and development of free software, so that everybody can benefit from it. My 2� Nicolas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
