Ian Murdock: Linux is a Process, Not a Product

Posted by michael on Friday August 1, 2003 @07:07AM 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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No, Linux is a reincarnation of dead Unix by $exyNerdie · 2003-08-01 07:14 · Score: 0, Troll

Linux a process ??
No, Linux is a reincarnation of dead Unix, much to the chagrin of MS
Re:What!? by L.+VeGas · 2003-08-01 07:19 · Score: 0, Troll

Har, har, my thoughts exactly. Reminds me of the punkers back in the day.

"It's not about the hair! It's about... not giving in to the bullshit! You wouldn't understand."

Calling it a process is nothing but blabberspeak for people feeling defensive about their choices.

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