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Is Linux - as we know and love it - dead?
Wednesday, April 4. 2007
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Technically you are obviously right. But is this really the case. How many key developer works for big companies involved in linux development. How many key developer work for organisations sponsored by big companies. The question is: Who is really in control of Linux? Who gives the further linux development additional spin.
I know many people think "the community". I have an different opinion. Look who controls the developing part of the Linux community. Nowawdays Linux seems to be owned by the companies hiring the top developers.
And as a last point: You donīt need to own something to take it away from people who created it.
I know many people think "the community". I have an different opinion. Look who controls the developing part of the Linux community. Nowawdays Linux seems to be owned by the companies hiring the top developers.
And as a last point: You donīt need to own something to take it away from people who created it.
Even if Linux is owed by some big players what force do they have to put Linux in a direction people might not want? Think of it like Lego: They can sell you parts but they have no power to tell you what to do with it.
Of course they cannot force you to use the components. But whats the difference to other commercial operating systems: Microsoft can sell you windows, but they canīt force you to use the WMP ...
They have influence by delivering large amounts of code to it. They have influence by paying the coders (and many coders are on the payroll of one ore another bigger company).
An one bold question: Is Linux really still community driven, or is it the first relativly successful joint development effort of some big companies to develop a unix?
They have influence by delivering large amounts of code to it. They have influence by paying the coders (and many coders are on the payroll of one ore another bigger company).
An one bold question: Is Linux really still community driven, or is it the first relativly successful joint development effort of some big companies to develop a unix?
Look at Vista and HD content this is the best example of trying to force me to do things I do not want.
The big word behind linux is freedom. Everyone have the same rights and when some big companies decide to develop a unix competitor they have the freedom to do. They can surely drive the direction of development due to sheer man power in a specific direction but since all is open I and everyone else can grab parts and put it in an other direction. This is my freedom and no one can deny it.
Look at the X-Free project. Once they were a big player but now they are nearly dead. They thought they were unbreakable but now there is X.org and doing a much better job.
The big word behind linux is freedom. Everyone have the same rights and when some big companies decide to develop a unix competitor they have the freedom to do. They can surely drive the direction of development due to sheer man power in a specific direction but since all is open I and everyone else can grab parts and put it in an other direction. This is my freedom and no one can deny it.
Look at the X-Free project. Once they were a big player but now they are nearly dead. They thought they were unbreakable but now there is X.org and doing a much better job.
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