> The context in this post is the huge financial and propaganda effort > being put in by Microsoft to prevent the spread of linux (or call it > open source or foss) - it is not the ongoing quarrel between various > people on the assignment of credit for creating parts of the open source > software ecosystem. If you want to have a thread on that subject feel > free to start your own.
I apologize for trying to take the thread in a different direction, It was not intentional. When I read your interesting opinion on Ubuntu/Android and how Microsoft might have had a hand in them not using the term "Linux", the first thing that popped into my head was "Its a good thing" (debatable, of course). And, I misread the subject of the email as "why it is important to promote linux (brand)". Microsoft's efforts to prevent the spread of Linux has died down a bit in the last few years. Even Microsoft Azure cloud service now offers GNU/Linux as a choice of virtual machine, http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/microsoft-run-linux-azure-195068 I am sure many of us have tried to promote GNU/Linux through word of mouth but that works only to a certain extent. >> >> I would say promote Linux as a product but not as a brand. > > whatever this means > What that means is, the word "Linux" is not important. Promote the features, softwares, and the freedom that GNU/Linux offers. -- 0 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
