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Re: [News] Question of Distributions Diversity: Poll

  • Subject: Re: [News] Question of Distributions Diversity: Poll
  • From: wispygalaxy <wispygalaxy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:07:21 -0400
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> Is too much choice getting in the way of Linux' acceptance?
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Think about it for a moment. Let the idea sink in. Now, would you be
> | willing to give up your favorite distribution for this to happen? Or
> | would you be willing to accept the idea that your favorite might have to
> | become nothing more than a variant of the âofficial distributionâ?
> | Because we all know that even this wouldnât stop the open source
> | community from continuing to create the way they do. But even if forks
> | of the âofficial distributionâ were developed, there would still be âthe
> | oneâ that companies and new users could migrate to and know what they
> | were getting, know that they could get world-wide, standardized support.
> `----
> 
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=841

Some devs might think that an official distro would steal resources away
from other great distros. ÂThe good thing is that there are more and more
developers coming into the scene, so maybe there can be enough resources
for everyone.

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