On 08-May-00 Michael J. McGillick opined:
> Hatters:
>
> I actually took the time to go to the site. It is well laid out and not
> what it first appears to be. The old saying "Don't judge a book by its
> cover ..." comes to mind. I am a long-time Red Hat user, and think that
> RPM makes sense, but I also agree with a lot of what this sight has to
> say. They do not flame Red hat, or consider it inferior in any way.
> They
> just want people to be aware of a few "misconceptions" between "Linux"
> and
> "Red Hat".
>
> Before jumping to conclusions, give someone the benefit of the
> doubt. Accusations about the web authors being "NT" people or Windows
> Users is not only childish, but in this case, apparently wrong. Comments
> like this only widen the rift between different users. Why can't people
> who use and like Windows also use and like Linux?
Fair enough. I also recall (and included the statement) that I hadn't
visited the site and had no desire to do so. I did _NOT_ state a reason for
that, which is mostly one of time and much more to do than I have time to
complete. The lack of desire was not based on what someone said about a
particular subject.
I read mail and reply to some. I visit a select few places when logged on
due to time constraints. I look up info as needed. When I have a precious
few minutes, I actually go look into things. Mostly I read mail and visit a
few places and log off.
The opinion I gave was an opinion based on what it sounded like someone had
written and wasn't intended to be a fair/unbiased judgement. Just an
opinion. Everybody has one, just as everyone has certain parts of the body
(and some of us are one!).
As for someone liking/using 'Doze or NT, that's their choice/problem and I
really don't care whether everyone uses them or no one uses them. But, I've
seen a few too many "expert" opinions about the superiority of M$ products
and how everyone should just conform and get on with life. Since I hadn't
read the site, I simply imagined that it was written in the context of
either a) how M$ was better than anything anyone has ever done and ever
will do, or b) RH has sold out, they're proprietary, they stole Linux from
Linus (I saw that one on a newsgroup) and nobody should ever buy their
product, download it, use it or help anyone who does (because, after all,
"BIG BUSINESS" is E_V_I_L).
OK, I jumped to some possible conclusions. They were still opinions,
not based on any fact, granted. But only opinions.
Now, my original reply:
>> RH uses a linux kernel with the parameters set the way they feel best
>> suits
>> their targeted audience. The kernel makes it linux. The ability to
>> install
>> the same source, change what they did with it, recompile it and use with
>> the remainder of their distribution tis in the spirit of Linux and in
>> line
>> with the way Linus wants to keep it.
>>
>> Therefore, RH is distributing a package containing Linux. The source is
>> included (in offical releases, anyway) and can be modified to perform
>> differently than the original product.
A qualification:
>> If by 'not linux' one means the releases contain some tools which they
>> invented and still own, take a look at Debian, Corel, TurboLinux, SuSE
>> and
>> almost all of the others. They do the precise same thing.
Here we are:
>> Haven't been to the above site and frankly not interested. Likely
>> written
>> by a 'Doze or Not Trustworthy (NT) guy, or possibly by someone who
>> automatically sees a sinister plot in RH getting themselves listed on
>> the
>> stock exchange.
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