<div dir="ltr">Hi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:09 PM, mallikarjun arjun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com">mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> Then MS will say we are the leading desktop operating system providers of the world because there will be only one operating system at a time in market say windows XP or Vista or windows7 wat eva. We cant say that bcoz Ubuntu -20%, suse 15%, fedora 14% etc( please ignore these figures),</div> </div></div></blockquote><div><br>So what. If we go by your own figures it clearly says GNU/Linux has about 50% of market share. Does it really matter as to what distro each person is using?<br><br>As long as most people realize that proprietary is bad, and switch to Free Software, we should not have any concerns as to which distro they are using.<br>  <br>I think if what you said was to happen in next 10 years, it'll be a great (GREAT) achievement for Free Software!<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> If all the ppl in the world who are interested in GNU/Linux develop a single OS named  wat eve. Imagine the output (I am out of imaganation.) <br></div></div></div></blockquote> <div><br>Nice imagination, but that'd not work. Since most developers have their own idea as to which direction the software must go. (Think rpm, deb) So it's left to the community to decide. So if some people want to move in some other direction, they must not be stopped. That's the whole point of Free Software. <br> </div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards<br>Shashank<br>As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it - Albert Einstein<br> </div>