As proved by their "breakup" with GNOME, (and Xorg in the future), Canonical don't treasure FOSS - but that's a flame war I won't start.
On 05/06/2011, Francis M <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > -- -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. _______________________________________________ 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.
