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SubjectRe: [OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog
Patrick McFarland wrote:
> As everyone knows, Joerg Schilling has a blog, and he often pushes his
> pro-Solaris agenda, and flames the LKML about how Linux breaks cdrecord
> (instead of just admitting cdrecord is broken) or how much more awesome
> Solaris is compared to Linux.
>
> Well, he just fired yet another salvo at the Linux community:
> http://schily.blogspot.com/2005/04/value-marketing-and-freedom.html
>
> I commented on his blog entry, but I am afraid of being censored as my views
> do not align with his, so I am including the text of my comment here:
>
> ////
> I suggest people don't read too much into what Schily says. He thinks Solaris
> is this almighty perfect operating system that crushes all others: The reason
> Solaris is failing is because more and more people are switching to other
> operating systems. And yes, Linux just happens to be the one that most are
> switching to; BSD and QNX are also other choices.
>
> Most of the people switching to Linux are not doing so because its GPL, not
> because its associated with other Free Software, and not because the source
> is available. They are switching simply because it is the best product out
> there at this time; and as I see it, it will continue to be the best product
> because Linux software developers are not sitting around arguing about what
> license is better, or what features other operating systems have or don't
> have.
>
> Linux developers code, OpenSolaris developers sit around and flame Linux
> developers instead of coding. Which operating system would _you_ choose?
> ////
>
He's maybe a sympathizer of Solaris (remember that the Slab was developed by Sun for Solaris). I don't like Sun, but
anyway he's right.

Matthias-Christian Ott
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