Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Thu May 14 22:17:33 UTC 2009


Odd wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Odd wrote:
>> 
>>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>> 
>>>> but Linux really has no market share.  RedHat does, and the several
>>>> other commercial variants but Linux /as Linux/, no.
>>> That's your opinion, not a fact. I consider every Linux distro "Linux".
>>> Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu. They're all Linux.
>> 
>> Don't be silly - most Linux distros can't have market share, because they
>> aren't _sold_.  This is why your basic argument makes no sense.
> 
> Don't be silly. You know what I mean.

I only know what you mean if you admit to knowing what Cybe meant.  It 
wasn't his "opinion", it was indisputable fact, and it's key to the whole 
ridiculous idea you have that "Linux" (which as a monolithic entity does not 
and can not exist) has any possibility of "market share" or being 
"successful".
-- 
derek






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