To choose or not to choose....
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| One of the complaints I often hear from users new to Linux is the
| seemingly endless choices available. I'll admit it is confusing when you
| are presented with 10 browsers, editors, or email programs. And wouldn't
| it be great if there were only one way to install applications across
| all distributions! With out a doubt, it would significantly increase
| the usability of Linux, in general, if everyone used a best of breed
| installation process.
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| However, as I've said before, so I'll say it again. These dreams of the
| one "whatever" to rule them all within Linux and open source will NEVER
| happen. In fact, I believe that this diversity is actually a BETTER
| model. Ultimately, Linux and open source will continue to expand and
| there will eventually be a small ratio between the number of users of
| a particular distribution or application and the number of developers of
| that software. With more choices, we increase the likelihood of one of
| the choices meeting best what we want from our software.
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| Follow this logic for a moment, if you will. There are many reasons
| why proprietary software is worse than open source software, but for me
| the biggest contributor is the economics of software...
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http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000218
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