Bam! web article

[felipe1982]

We are as sick of Windows XP as the next guy, but we need better tools to make the switch over to Linux a permanent one. [read more]

[Roxoff]

It's Time to Start Working Together! To this very day, it amazes and shocks me at how fragmented the Linux world really is.

Just had to laff at this - if he's serious, he wants to watch out some of them SuSE boys dont go round and ruff him up. Us lot in the CentOS gang dont like 'em. Mind you, it's the Mandriva lot you have to watch out for; they'll wait till someone else has done the first beating and then go beat them some more, while avoiding the Linspire mob in their Bill Gates masks...



On a more serious note, I do feel that there may be some merit to a Linux trust, certainly to get hardward drivers organised. But if all the distros put all their resources in one bucket and drive forward with (what appears that it would be) a single distro from there, wouldn't we be back in the same situation we are with Windows XP? And all you'd do is sprout new independent distros from among the community. It's the variety that keeps us going strong.

[carlosponti]

dont forget about us slackware thug nerds when we get to flashin our slackware signs around most are a scared of us

[techieMoe]

Although I do agree with one of his points (paying companies for Linux drivers), his article in general is heavy on buzz-words and light on content. It's a fluff piece with an attention-grabbing title. The real secret to Linux "dominance" as he puts it is that Linux users don't WANT dominance. Linux always has been and always will be a grassroots effort. Corporate sponsors will come and go, but Linux doesn't need them to survive.

[fingal]

Hi - I also agree that more time should be spent developing workable drivers. I don't really agree with his overall viewpoint though. He assumes Linux is corporate, which it can be ... but essentially isn't.

Interesting point Moe about achieving dominance through not being interested in dominance. It's an intriguing concept which I'm going to think about for a while. However, as you may be hinting it's not really dominant ... just specialised.

I love the whole Linux concept of being able to choose a system to suit yourself. For me that's a major strength

[easuter]

Corporate sponsors will come and go, but Linux doesn't need them to survive.

yep, open source software is imortal in a way. anyone can continue maintaining code if willing