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Ian Murdock: Linux is a Process, Not a Product

Posted by michael on from the apt-get-install-clue dept.

securitas writes "Debian founder Ian Murdock says that Linux is a process, not a product. He also says that the product mentality 'misses the entire point of Linux and the open-source development model.' Because Linux is made up of many different components developed on independent timeframes, Murdock posits, to refer to Linux as a product is to strip it of its dynamism and closes its inherently open nature. Instead, he says that Linux should be viewed as a shared platform and infrastructure technology, and that business models should reflect that or else Linux risks becoming proprietary, closed and just another cookie-cutter piece of software."

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  1. Impeach!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Top Ten Signs President Bush Is Getting Cocky

    10. Didn't even try to hide fact he voted 5 times yesterday

    9. Claims he has a plan to "tax poor people back to the Stone Age"

    8. Instead of the United States Marine Band, now travels with the Foo Fighters

    7. Encouraging his daughters to drink more in public

    6. On CNN, referred to Tom Daschle as his "bitch"

    5. Three words: Presidential Rally Monkey

    4. He's been mispronouncing bigger words lately

    3. Told Secret Service agent, "Go ahead -- punch me in the stomach"

    2. Screams "Boo!" at Dick Cheney

    1. He just gave Monica a call

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

    What a fscking MORON.

  3. Hi. Ummm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I farted.

    I cupped my hand over my ass and farted.

    It was kinda loud, though. I'm sure the people outside my cube heard it. Actually, even if they didn't hear it, they probably smelled it. It stank pretty bad. It still stinks. This is 5 minutes ago I treated my nose to the sents of my rectum that I sniffed off my palm.

    I just thought y'all would want to know.

  4. Re:The Process of Invention by ciphrix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I'm hungry for cake.

  5. The ROTK trailer is now available online by alen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since my subnmission was rejected, here is the link. Lord of the Rings trailer

  6. Preach it brother! by smittyoneeach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pulled down Apache 2.1 via anonymous CVS.
    I think I'll compile it for full debug, light it off, attach to it with gdb, and watch it handle an HTTP request.
    1) Why? I want to understand the nitty gritty, and
    2) I can. It's perfectly legal not to want to be a sheep all your life.

    Not to disenfranchise the sheep, mind you. I totally grasp the need of some to be sheltered from the gnarly details. Fine. Enjoy. Bother me not.

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  7. Cast Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Andrew Huard's AIM handle is "ademaskoo" and he's waiting for some gay sex!

  8. This is Slashdot. michael is the editor. Note made by doc_traig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whether we like it or not. And apparently, your level-headedness and sensibility have been rewarded by a slashbot with a -1, Troll.

    --
    So long, michael. Don't let the door hit you...
  9. I just opened a bag of Cheetos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and they are really damn salty

  10. NewsCorp sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn you Ian Murdock and your stupid Fox News and NewsCorp! WTF do you know about Linux you Australian asshole?! Fsck off and die!

  11. Re:Reminds me of XML by Pieroxy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Can someone enlighten me on why I've been modded redundant?

    I hope meta-moderators are not on the same crack moderators are....

    --
    Write boring code, not shiny code!
  12. Re:Process is a bad choice of words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    HERE! HERE!
    +10 for right on the money!
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