Semantics

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:57:54 -0700
Rich Rudnick <nickrud at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> > All of the major Linux distributions have some form of democracy
> > which underpins the company. Presidents can, and indeed. have been
> > voted out. That can not happen with Canonical short of a palace
> > junta. 
> 
> If my memory serves me, slackware is run by a dictator (using the
> political definition, not the ethical :), thereby negating the 'all'
> in your assertion. To further refute this, I'll use the wayback
> machine: redhat dictated that rpm's should be compiled for i386. Some
> people disagreed, and mandrake 'forked'. No junta needed.

And Libranet Linux, admittedly not a 'major' distro, but one which was
up and coming just a few short months ago, have their own Jon and Tal
who may or may not be dictators, too.  Good distro, still.

Cybe