The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micky$oft go bankrupt?

[Christopher Chan]

Amit Kumar wrote:
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>     What does "coming together of Linuxes" mean?
>
> Oh, related to my earlier mails: I meant a standardization effort for 
> applications on the various Linux flavors, collaboration and putting a 
> united front for proprietary OSes (something like the role EU performs 
> for European nations). See http://www.linuxfoundation.org/ and 
> http://www.linux.com/ . These are some new efforts. IMO such efforts 
> would be crucial for boosting Linux.  


That would be near impossible. I am calling for a fixed database and 
metadata definition for user info for use by service applications like 
asterisk, dovecot, postfix, what-have-you and I bet even on just this 
integration there is going to be a lot of contention within a distro let 
alone cross-distros. A fixed database and metadata definition will allow 
the creation of a user management tool that will handle integrate the 
configuration for those services that use it for user information.

Then there is the difference in service management. You want all distros 
to agree on one system to handle service startup but Debian has its own, 
Redhat has its own, Suse has its own. Which one do you want to make the 
standard?