"(Ted Harding)" wrote:
>
> On 30-Jan-99 Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
> >
> >> This is what the Linux Standard Base (LSB) project is aiming to, and
> >> we are working on this together with the other distributors. It just
> >> takes some more time, it's a huge project. Have a look at
> >> http://www.linuxbase.org/ for further info.
> >
> > LSB is a nice effort. It may or may not succeed. What I'm worrying
> > about is that for the average person, Linux == RedHat and more so if it
> > comes preinstalled. Who will you sell an upgrade to if the people only
> > knows another distro?
>
> I hope LSB (or equivalent) will be achieved. I think it is essential at
> this stage of Linux evolution for there to be a standard which everyone
> can expect, no matter what distribution they choose to install.
>
> At present "Linux", by definition, simply means a Linux kernel plus
> whatever else you decide to bundle with it. Contrast it with FreeBSD,
> where this is defined by what is one the FreeBSD ftp site.
>
> ....
Hi Ted,
*very* true words. I�ve been thinking along the same lines for a while,
sometime ago, there was a mail claiming that a few commecrial companies
were meeting, talking about how linux should be. (probably I am not
quoting correct, but it was along theses lines).
There must be sort of a standard, as far as having something to rely on.
If the distributers agree on such a thing, there is still much good for
the whole of linux, like SuSE�s engagement with the free X-stuff.
But in the end competition won�t allow that, since every distributor had
to admit their product were as good as others. Read an article that
stated positiv about Linux last week, two things were critcised: The way
it�s administered ("20 Years past NT", IMHO a bit unfair) and lack of
commercial support on a broad basis. There�s the point for the
distributors to work on: Support for Linux and it�s applications. And to
advertise this. Never saw a "We Support your Linux-WhatsOever-server" in
a magazine"
Juergen
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