Shawn Walker wrote: > On 30/06/07, Donal McMullan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> > More important than giving users fully working hardware out of the >> > box? That doesn't seem reasonable. Users don't care about "open >> > source," they care about supported, working hardware. >> >> Many users care about both. > > I would ask you to prove that. Most of the world runs Windows, OS X, > etc., so obviously they don't care that much about open source. They > just care about what works.
So... Windows users care about "what works"? People can and do care about *both* vectors. You manage to work yourself up into a froth about free software: > "Everything must be free at all costs!" seems to be their mantra. It > is no wonder that we do not see more ISV development in the areas of > games and business applications. The GNU/Linux world is a licensing > minefield waiting to happen... Hmm - did he post this to the right list? :) > It is a world where backwards compatibility is tossed to the wayside, > where the solution to fixing things is to upgrade half the system, > without any concept of major or minor binding, and where documentation > is the last thing done years after it was needed. It's ironic that after ripping on Linux and free software for I don't know how long, what you really want is to clone Ubuntu and stick a Solaris kernel under the hood. And the punchline is that Linux's agile approach is decimating UNIX. I'm just trolling, and really I should learn to shut up. I don't think we disagree about anything fundamental. There's a balance to be struck somewhere between the most-free and the most-usable distro and we'd each pick different points along that line. No big deal. Cheers Donal _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
