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United Linux is Here

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-really-cares dept.

pstreck writes "Red Hat watch out! Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE and Turbolinux have made good on their promise and United Linux is here! According to their website 'United Linux is a standards-based Linux operating system targeted at the business user. It is developed, marketed and sold by an experienced partnership of Linux companies.'" I just don't get it I guess, it just seems like there are already so many standards.

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  1. So now is RH the Microsoft of Linux? by jhampson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    RH bashers abound, other distros are jealous. I thought that was the Good Thing about Linux. Grow Your Own distro, to hell with the other guys. But noooooo. RH has a Monopoly! RH is making money!

  2. Big Business Linux by nicedream · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Great, now we have a new Linux distro coming out backed by a big fat stew of companies who couldn't compete with RedHat on their own, plus a bunch more who for whatever reason are latching on as "partners".

    They even have a "product roadmap" with quarterly release cycles. The PHBs will love this.

    I think I'll be sticking with RedHat. They've been around since before Linux was the cool thing to pitch to companies.

  3. Re:Yet Another Linux Distribution by Heraklit · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh well, there goes the usual US-centric view...

    You know, RedHat may be the biggest distro in the States, but in Europe, SuSE is by far more popular. Also, Connectiva centers in South America. I don't really know about RH in Asia, but is there a Korean, Japanese, traditional/simplified Chinese version of RH competing with TurboLinux?

    The US may think of themselves as the center of the world, but sometimes that just boils down to ignorance (or arrogance ;-)...

  4. uhhhh, shouldn't that be... by msouth · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ..."UnitedGNU/Linux"?

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    Liberty uber alles.