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At 01:57 PM 2/2/2006 -0600, you wrote:
I think this is the key to branding - at least in IT. Windows is Windows, Unix is Unix, Linux is Linux (I almost typed Lunix),
Trevor, et al,This brings up a interesting point from the Red Hat Summit conference last summer. Many keynoters made much bullshit about proprietary systems and proprietary vendors, etc. But having been one that's had to migrate a linux system from one vendor's distro to another vendors distro (Debian to Red Hat in this case), and from talking with many other whom have had the same phantasm, it would clearly appear that each distro of linux is defacto its own proprietary environment in that not only do developers develop for the distro and NOT for the generic linux definition, there are generally substancial conversion issues to be addresses with converting an application written to Distro-A onto a Distro-B system. Ergo, this meets my definition of proprietary in that it requires the original developing environment to run on without major conversion adjustments.
So, brace yourselves as in the not too distance future, I expect to see not just bifercations from the but polyforcations from the generic definitions of linux. And things are going to be harder before they get easier, imho. SO, I would expect in time to not see red hat linux, but just red hat o/s...etc...
No, I've not been smoking poppies this afternoon... :) Don in DC
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