Re: [SLUG] Red Hat slagging

[kevin@nospam.oceania.net]

Andrew Macks wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Jamie Honan wrote:
> 
> > Red Hat funds a lot of development for Linux kernel and applications,
> > and the results are all GPLed. Red Hat participates in standards
> > processes.
> 
> Funds..  Tricky word.  How do you put money back into Linux?  There's no
> fair way to do it.  There will never be a fair way to do it.  Simply
> because of the nature of Linux.
> 
> SuSE on the other hand give development of projects in return.  SuSE is
> heavily involved with XFree, Alsa and ReiserFS projects.  I think this
> goes a LONG way further than Redhat's throwing money around at people who
> don't really care about money or can not use it to benefit their projects.

Gnome
Alan Cox and the linux kernel

I find it the line distinguishing linux applications from linux
(linux kernel) being blurred more and more.
Redhat, Suse, Debian, Slackware, LDP, TurboLinux etc, etc, etc
all share in common that they all use the "Linux" kernel.
This is what linux IS. not a bunch of bloated applications
distributed by vendors.

Which one of these vendors does more to forwarding the linux kernel?

Next time someone plugs in their i740 video will they remember who
paid for the devel of the linux drivers?

How many of the people whining about linux distributions are subscribed
to the
kernel mailing list?

Kevin
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