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Maddog on the State of Linux

Posted by michael on from the purple-state dept.

Amy Kucharik writes "Long-time Linux user and pioneer Jon "maddog" Hall spoke recently with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com about what he knows best: Linux. Hall discusses where the penguin is going and where it's been in this exclusive interview."

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  1. Re:Good stuff by TykeClone · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I'd disagree there - they do a good enough job to achieve lock-in. Look at Outlook/Exchange Server - you need to use the Outlook client to really leverage Exchange; to get a good deal on the Outlook client, you get it bundled with the rest of Office; to make good use of your Office investment, use Windows Server...

    It mostly works good enough to make it difficult to break out of it - which is where the problem with moving to Linux lies.

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  2. Anyone can complain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful
    it takes an entity with vision to do something.

    I would have liked to hear more details in this interview on how the LSB project is going and the other activities going on at the Free Standards organization since Jon is on their Board of Directors.

  3. No wonder by FullMetalAlchemist · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's no wonder that people think of Linux users as totally clueless, because if one of the pioneers have no clue at all, then what about the rest?

    If there is anything like bad press then Bruce Perens, maddog, ESR and RMS are the pioneers of it.

    You fellows should be glad that Linus is such a lovely chap, he can sometimes make up for it.

    Seriously, if Linux was a company and had all the same incompetent spokespersons it would be in the gutter.

    Maybe Linus can gag them for attampt on ruining his reputation. ;)

    Seriously, couldn't Linus assign official spokespersons so that us non Linux users can hear something other than uninformed opinions?
    That would be great, because; even though I will never use Linux; I'm still interested in what is _really_ going on.

  4. Re:Huh? by Foggerty · · Score: 2, Insightful

    i.e. People wanting to use something like WebEx, or a custom built application that requires ActiveX. Not justifing it (by a long shot), but you might be suprised at how many "web" apps have been written that only work on IE.