Every one of these and many more are blocked as "Extreme," which puts them in the same category as photos of mutilated dead bodies, bizarre hard-core pornography and child pornography.
And now you explain to me how Marylin Manson doesn't fall under all those categories...
This is retartded! When did this become a "screw linux because BSD is better" fest?
Let me tell you what makes linux infinitely better than BSD.
GPL!
Case in point, BSD will gain absolutely nothing from the popularity of OSX. So all you "linux is not unix so screw any linux user with an oppinion" idiots, STFU.
It doesn't matter that Redhat is using a version of GCC that's not compatible with Debian, or that Mandrake has different configuration files than Stormix. It doesn't even matter that redhat 7 RPM's don't work with anything else. Why?
Because no one needs to take any of these parts and interchange them! As long as I can still compile the same source on each, it really doesn't matter.
Did Linux fork?
no
Are distributions different?
yes.
Ultimately, whether corportations create their own versions of Linux and purposefully make them incompatible with the main, doesn't matter at all.
Whatever version they create is GPL'd. If it's worth it, compatibility gets added to the mainstream, if not, no one will be using their crap-ass distro anyway! Think about it; how many distro's out there are just gathering dust in some dark corner? That's just because they suck, immagine if they broke compatibility with EVERYTHING else out there! There is VERY strong pressure to keep things compatible and no need for Quote: "strong cohesive force to keep Linux...on track."
I can see it now! you get a brand new sparc machine that kicks ass, Oh but it came with Sun-Linux which is incompatible with Linus-Linux.
Abracadabra! fdisk ; apt-get Debian!:O)
Somehow, I don't think Bill Gates sends emails like this too All@Microsoft.Com.
Either its completely fraudulent, or he is trying to publicly announce to everyone, through a leak he knows would happen, that linux is competition and they are not a monopoly.
What does halloween have anything to do with this? It was yesterday anyway.
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Oh, and alsatian meat is more expensive than mongrol meat.
Every one of these and many more are blocked as "Extreme," which puts them in the same category as photos of mutilated dead bodies, bizarre hard-core pornography and child pornography.
And now you explain to me how Marylin Manson doesn't fall under all those categories...
Let me tell you what makes linux infinitely better than BSD.
GPL!
Case in point, BSD will gain absolutely nothing from the popularity of OSX. So all you "linux is not unix so screw any linux user with an oppinion" idiots, STFU.
Did Linux fork?
no
Are distributions different?
yes.
Ultimately, whether corportations create their own versions of Linux and purposefully make them incompatible with the main, doesn't matter at all. Whatever version they create is GPL'd. If it's worth it, compatibility gets added to the mainstream, if not, no one will be using their crap-ass distro anyway! Think about it; how many distro's out there are just gathering dust in some dark corner? That's just because they suck, immagine if they broke compatibility with EVERYTHING else out there! There is VERY strong pressure to keep things compatible and no need for Quote: "strong cohesive force to keep Linux...on track."
I can see it now! you get a brand new sparc machine that kicks ass, Oh but it came with Sun-Linux which is incompatible with Linus-Linux. Abracadabra! fdisk ; apt-get Debian! :O)
Is it me, or in the link to that previous slashdot article where gartner slams linux, are a lot of posts by anonymous cowards?
Somehow, I don't think Bill Gates sends emails like this too All@Microsoft.Com. Either its completely fraudulent, or he is trying to publicly announce to everyone, through a leak he knows would happen, that linux is competition and they are not a monopoly. What does halloween have anything to do with this? It was yesterday anyway.