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Yet Another Call for Linux Standardization

Posted by michael on from the eggs-in-one-basket dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Newsforge has an article Commentary: United We Stand...the Division in the Linux World, in which David Meyer argues that UnitedLinux will provide standardization for the Linux community that will allow it to win the desktop market from Windows. The article has a number of supporting comments, but then this one particular negative comment that disagrees with David. This particular comment offers an alternative view on the need for standardization. This aternative view that is put forward simply argues that 'Over what is almost twelve years we have pulled ourselves up by the bootstraps. We have done this using a development model that allows us to produce software that proprietary vendors cannot compete with', and then summarizing that 'the Linux community does not need to set up businesses with the specific intention of trying to "win" users from Microsoft; all we have to do is continue to develop software in the same way, and the users will make the switch all by themselves'."

3 of 412 comments (clear)

  1. My own standards! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I haven't looked into it, but are the standardization documents open source? It would be great if I could branch and roll my own!

  2. Superior product always wins in marketplace by Cadrys · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep, it's so true. The best OS will clearly win, with no effort on the part of the community or developers to make that happen, simply because the buying public will recognize the 'best product' and force its acceptance by writers of drivers, apps (particularly games) and useful third-party software.

    After all, that's why we're all running OS/2 these days, right?

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  3. Re:They already do. by GeoDex · · Score: 2, Funny

    UnitedLinux would be a easy target for
    the sea lion. Penguins have done well because
    Linux is a much better kernal and Distro's
    are many. A collective Distro would be easy
    to hit.
    Example: A security flaw is found in a linux
    distro, but not the in other distro's. It is
    harder to capitalize in knocking Linux.

    Lets not put all of our Penguins on the same
    iceburg. There is only really one Sea lion
    in the water after many Penguins.