Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:23:37 +0800 | From | Coywolf Qi Hunt <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario |
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2005/12/7, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>: > On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:38:30AM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > > 2005/12/7, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>: > > > And no kernel developers are forcing anyone to use Linux. If they don't > > > like it for whatever reasons, there are other alternatives... > > > > AFAIK, no proprietary software vendors are forcing any1 to buy their > > proprietary software. Still you are speaking in a monopoly tone! > > How is the statement, "If you don't trust the intelligence of the Linux > kernel developers, then don't use the Linux kernel." a monopolistic > tone?
The fact is Linux supports more hardware now. Some *BSD users turn to Linux in order to drive their hardware for the _same_ reason as users turn to windows. That is really a monopolistic position.
> > I'm serious, I never want to force anyone to use Linux. I want to make > Linux be so good that everyone wants to use it, out of their own free > will. And if they disagree with the way Linux is developed, or the > license terms, or the way it works, it will not bother me at all if they > choose to use something else.
Never doubt.
> > I hear OpenSolaris is looking for users :)
Clever response. Add it to your usual response. ;) -- Coywolf Qi Hunt http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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