1. Its disconcerting to know that the 'openness' in most truly great OSS projects is attracting the very companies that shunned it a while back. They'd now like 2 benefit from it 2. Bill in the 70s wrote an open letter claiming software should not be shared (bluh...) Thirty-some years later & billions richer M$ is 'partnering' with those who stuck it out & remained FOSS.
2. Is that why so many are moving to LibreOffice & MariaDB? Not many FOSS project remain 'intact' following a 'partnership' with a closed source biz. (Different agendas, goals...) Yes Oracle bequeathed OO.org to the Apache Foundation, but imagine where we'd be if there'd been no interruptions. (Will Apache include doc mgt in its next release?) What's MySQL's future? (Many devs are having to polish up on PostgreSQL just in case) Yes closed source has its place & benefits (loads of cash, fine-tuned support?) but crowd-sourcing is turning out 2 be a 'better' way of developing & maintaining a well rounded product... SUSE Love: Back in the day, as an 'eye-candy' proponent, SuSE (+KDE) was the desktop OS of choice coupled with the fact that U didn't hv 2 abort an installation, coz a package or two were missing / unreadable from a scratched CD. RedHat had issues at the time... IMHO: The best OS for developers is one that offers stability, lots of options (bells & whistles) backed by an active (large) community. At this point in time, Ubuntu has all three plus Canonical; who treasure FOSS. Francis. GridWorX Ltd -----Original Message----- From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 01:03:33 To: Uganda Linux User Group<[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers? Just 2 points: 1) There's a reason for the "Open" part of OpenSUSE 2) Have OpenOffice or MySQL survived hostile interference? P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 3 June 2011 16:47, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice point Francis ... the future is cloudy (but not necessarily bad) for > Open Suse with all the politics going on behind the scene. > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Francis M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some SUSE Love?... >> >> Are U sure it will exist in its current format in the next few years (or >> months), with all the Novell & M$ sm**ching going on. Think Solaris + Oracle >> and the effect it had on the Java & OO.org dev't environment. >> >> Francis. >> GridWorX Ltd >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected]: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:52:39 >> To: Uganda Linux User Group<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Fw: Best Linux Distro for Developers? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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