[sf-lug] Ubuntu vs. Mandriva

[Ernest De Leon]

Touche the NPL did put a lot of restrictions on modifications of any kind to
the original code base.  No, slackware isn't dead, it just adds to my
argument that users should be spread among products to foster competition
and innovation, not amassed into one (or few) products, thus stifling
competition and innovation.

E

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Ernest De Leon (edeleonjr at gmail.com):
>
> > Well netscape never really died did it?
>
> Er, Netscape's licence did not permit forking.[1]  Thus my point.
> (I'm rather surprised I had to diagram it.)
>
> > Either way, the Slackware example proves my point exactly.
>
> Slackware's dead?  Did I miss the memo?
>
>
> [1] Reference to Netscape Communicator and/or Navigator is assumed, else
> you would have said "Mozilla".
>
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Ernest de Leon
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"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." - A common 18th Century sentiment
voiced by Benjamin Franklin

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his
government." - Edward Abbey

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." -
Edmund Burke, English statesman and political philosopher (1729-1797)
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