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Upheavals In UnitedLinux
An anonymous reader writes "I found this story on UnixReview.com - vnunet has some commentary about UnitedLinux and it sounds like it's struggling." I dunno - I plan on still giving them the benefit of the doubt, and see what comes out. Heck, I might even try installing a machine with the "united distro" - but it's still an interesting pickle some of the primary members are in.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
I was whacking off to an mpeg of some chick fucking herself with a cucumber. Search your local gnutella network for 'cucumber' to see what I mean. It's not a very great video, but I managed to shoot one off to it.
Wank on!
> Heck, I might even try installing a machine with the "united distro" -
> but it's still an interesting pickle some of the primary members are in.
Dang tootin'!!!
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i'm even later. I had this hacked password to an asian site where you could pick the girl, pick the object (I chose the carrot), then pick the orifice (i took the butt). then it plays the corresponding video. it was more funny than exciting, but it did it for me.
It is official. VNUNet confirms: UnitedLinux is dying
Another more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered UnitedLinux community when VNU confirmed that UnitedLinux market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of sold distros. Coming on the heels of a recent Slashdot survey which plainly states that UnitedLinux has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. UnitedLinux is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing Mandrake's refusal to join the project..
You don't need to be Major Ed Dames to predict UnitedLinux's future. The hand writing is on the wall: UnitedLinux faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for UnitedLinux because UnitedLinux is dying. Things are looking very bad for UnitedLinux. As many of us are already aware, UnitedLinux continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Caldera is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Caldera CEO Ransom Love only serves to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Caldera OpenDesktop is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Slashdot conducted a poll asking people what they thought of UnitedLinux. Only 14% said that they thought it was a good idea. A full 39% said that they'd stick with RedHat or Debian. Even assuming the forthcoming CowboyNeal Linux is UnitedLinux-based, that only gives UnitedLinux 23% of the Linux market.
Due to the dismal sales of Caldera OpenDesktop, the company has been renamed and they are focusing on their sales of SCO Unix.
All major surveys show that UnitedLinux has steadily declined in market share. UnitedLinux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If UnitedLinux is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. UnitedLinux continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, UnitedLinux is dead.
Fact: UnitedLinux is dying
i was busy showing parsnips up my ass while hitting myself in the balls with an eggplant. it made me feel so ...ssssexual
It is official. VNUnet confirms: UnitedLinux is dying.
Another more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered UnitedLinux community when IDC confirmed that UnitedLinux market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that UnitedLinux has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. UnitedLinux is collapsing in complete disarray.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict UnitedLinu's future. The hand writing is on the wall: UnitedLinux faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for UnitedLinux because UnitedLinux is dying. Things are looking very bad for UnitedLinux. As many of us are already aware, UnitedLinux continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
SuSE is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. As a matter of fact no one knows who SuSE's core developers are; they lack celebrities like Mandrake's Chmouel Boudjnah and Red Hat's Alan Cox.
There can no longer be any doubt: SuSE is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
SCO leader Ransom states that there are 7000 users of SCO. How many users of TurboLinux are there? Let's see. The number of SCO versus TurboLinux posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 TurboLinux users. Conectiva posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of TurboLinux posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of Conectiva. A recent article put SuSE at about 80 percent of the UnitedLinux market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 SuSE users. This is consistent with the number of SuSE Usenet posts.
Due to financial troubles, abysmal sales, and so on, TurboLinux left the Linux business. Now their distribution has been turned over to another charnel house.
UnitedLinux is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If UnitedLinux is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. UnitedLinux continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, UnitedLinux is dead.
Fact: UnitedLinux is dead.
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From the article:
Linux plans face upheaval
By Mark Street [03-09-2002]
Hello? This artice is six months old, and it's news?