[Am-info] Bill Gates show loses its lustre

[John J. Urbaniak]

Roy Bixler wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 10:03:54AM -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> > And Linux is NOT the answer.  Replacing Windows with Linux would
> > just transfer the stagnation to a different platform.
>
> Linux is a kernel, not an operating system.  There are many different
> Linux distributions and many different Linux-based operating systems
> serving different markets.  Comparing Linux to Windows is
> fundamentally an apples to oranges comparison (or, if you wish, a
> kiwis to bananas comparison.)

OK.

>
>
> Even if you modified your statement to say (arbitrarily picking a
> particular Linux distribution here) "Replacing Windows with Red Hat
> Linux would just transfer the stagnation to a different platform", I'm
> still not entirely sure I would agree.  As long as Red Hat stays open
> source, I don't see how they could pull the same market manipulation
> tricks that Microsoft pulls.

It's not the market manipulation tricks I'm referring to here.  It's the stagnation,
susceptibility to viruses and technical illiteracy which arises from dominance of a
single, monolithic player.

I certainly wish all brands of Linux success, as well as other Operating Systems: Be,
Next, OS/2, eCS and yes, even Windows.  But in a much more even distribution.

John


>
>
> > Heterogeneity and diversity in Operating Systems and Applications are the answers.
>
> With that, I agree wholeheartedly.
>
> R.
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