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Steven Schafer On The Future of Progeny

Posted by timothy on from the where-we-go-from-here dept.

Eugenia writes: "Last month Progeny Linux Systems ceased development on their own distribution in order to focus on selling professional services. In their announcement, the company cited the prohibitive cost of developing and publishing a distro. This move marked another firm in the wave of tech companies, Linux and otherwise, making significant changes to adjust to the market slump. Progeny's distribution was based on Debian GNU/Linux, and many in the Linux community were closely watching the company because it was founded by Debian creator Ian Murdock. OSNews spoke to the President of Progeny Linux Systems, Michael Schafer, once the dust had settled on his company's announcement."

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  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIFTH POST

  2. Test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Test post.

  3. Duck Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    A duck walks into a bar and sits on the counter and says: "Have you got any bread?"

    With this the barman looked stunned at the talking duck and said: "Ahmm. No"

    The duck looked staisfied with this answer and then looked at the shelves and drinks on them, again he turned to the barman and asked: "Have you got any bread?"

    The barman, still quite stunned looked at the duck and said: "No, This is a bar, theres a bakery three doors down, we have no bread here!"

    The duck looked staisfied with this answer and then looked around again, saying: "You must have bread, have a look outside the back, there must be SOME bread around somewhere!"

    The barman getting decidedly pissed off, says: "For fuck sake duck, WE HAVE NO BREAD!!"

    The duck looked stunned at the answer, and then asked again: "HAVE YOU GOT ANY BREAD"

    "FUCK OFF"

    "I JUST WANT SOME BREAD"

    "I TOLD YOU...."

    "HAVE YOU GOT ANY BREAD?"

    "LISTEN.....DUCK.....IF YOU ASK ME FOR BREAD ONCE MORE I'M GONNA NAIL YOUR FUCKIN BEAK TO THE COUNTER!!!!"

    The duck, looks at the barman stunned and asks : "Have you got any nails?"

    The barman says: "NO"

    The duck pauses, then asks: "Have you got any bread?"

    1. Re:Duck Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That joke was pretty dumb. Not as dumb sa trying to make money off of open source software, but dumb nevertheless.

  4. danger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come back in half an hour, fragile fools. By then mod-enabled users will have fulfilled their power fantasies and you will be able to read other's thoughts without experiencing the clever new method used to link to goat-related domains.

  5. Re:Another Linux company circles the drain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was a perfectly good comment.

    When can we expect the next turd report?