I am a Linux and open source advocate for just about every use, but I do see good things from there being commercial software available for Linux too.
The best thing is it will help Linux get out of the 'for geeks only' view that many people have. Will LinuxCNC and Mach go head to head? Yes, for some. But I don't see Mach taking over the machine control market on Linux, but it will be a good tool to add to the quiver of things that run on Linux, proving that Linux isn't 'just for geeks'. I spoke to a geek from Oracle that was running Oracle on Linux long before it was 'made available' on Linux. Not releasing it for Linux was totally a marketing decision. The developer I spoke with said he had to change a couple of includes when he re-compiled a little, but it was considered a 'no change' port from his perspective. (Oracle was mainly running on SUN at the time). And it was a big deal for 'commercial users' to get Oracle supported on Linux, giving Linux a lot of legitimacy. I see the Mach change to just be another positive step. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
