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RE: The Problem is not MS, but OS(was Microsoft, Monopolies, and Rum)
Subject:RE: The Problem is not MS, but OS(was Microsoft, Monopolies, and Rum) From:MMcCallister -at- ontrack -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:59:02 -0600
Actually, the Linux Standard Base project has been working for quite awhile. From the Mission Statement:
"The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system. In addition, the LSB will help coordinate efforts to recruit software vendors to port and write products for Linux."
It has participation from all the major players, and you should see some certification for the standard next year some time.
Info: www.linuxbase.org
Mike McCallister
Senior Documentation Specialist
Ontrack Data International
mmccallister -at- ontrack -dot- com
Phone: (720) 562-7355
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Pineger [mailto:r -dot- pineger -at- kudos-idd -dot- com]
<snip>
It would help me/them if the total cost of ownership was lower. Linux can't
be generally accepted so long as it comes in so many varieties where every
single version works slightly differently. Perhaps we should be asking the
open source community to start a "standardization" special interest group
and a "marketing" special interest group.
<snip>
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