Well, if I (and many others, and i think the majority) switched to Linux was to get away from the atrocious win32/64 api... Now, some folks are trying to inject those api's into Linux... What makes me feel relieved are the community oriented distributions (note Debian and Fedora, mainly). These distros will not succumb to "inventions" and experimentation on Linux.
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-16 22:33:44
It's more complicated than that inside Debian, but that's a story I would rather not touch as it upsets many people (who comment here).
nrballard
2010-02-15 05:48:56
This post makes no sense. The story contradicts the headline without any further explanation or context.
Is the point of the story that Shittleworth has contradicted himself?
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-15 14:55:13
Not quite.
On several occasions he spoke about how Ubuntu/GNU/Linux should be unique and not rely on Wine, for example. But he is allowing Mono to become part of Ubuntu.
If the Web gets polluted or flooded by slopfarms such as these, and Slashdot then sends traffic so these slopfarms (Slashdot probably doesn't do this intentionally), then real writers with real knowledge of GNU/Linux will lose the spark for publishing
Those of us who actually want to reform the industry and put users in control of their systems/devices will recognise that "Open Source" was selling a lie or got-co-opted by liars
The commercial exploitation of users won't stop until users exercise full control over their software or - more broadly - their computing (including data)
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Agent_Smith
2010-02-12 19:02:09
Agent_Smith
2010-02-16 22:21:14
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-16 22:33:44
nrballard
2010-02-15 05:48:56
Is the point of the story that Shittleworth has contradicted himself?
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-15 14:55:13
On several occasions he spoke about how Ubuntu/GNU/Linux should be unique and not rely on Wine, for example. But he is allowing Mono to become part of Ubuntu.