Linux World / Network World 2006

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On 10/21/05, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 01:59:53PM -0400, Herb Richter wrote
>
> > Annnd, this could be a good chance to put a positive spin on what may
> > be a big negative in the public's eye - the confusing number of Linux
> > choices.  We could show choice, control, selection, specialization,
> > customization and flexibility to be what serious users want and what
> > makes systems more secure - what we have - along with, nowadays,
> > simple and easy right out of the box.
>
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-05-24-005-04-PS&tbovrmode=3
> "Questioner: What are you planning to do about all the different kinds
> of Linux around? It's so confusing out there!"
>
> "Linus: People from East Germany have found the West so confusing. It's
> so much easier when you have only one party."
>
> (Hi Evan<g>)
>
>   We should tout choices as an *ADVANTAGE* of linux.
>
>   - 1 size does not fit all.  Imagine if you could buy only 1 model of car.
>   - floppy-based firewall/router distros
>   - small distros that boot and run off a 512-megabyte USB key
>   - single-purpose servers (yeah, including *BSD)
>   - desktop-oriented distros like Debian, Ubuntu, Suse, Linspire, etc.
>   - tuned/optimized distros like Gentoo.  This is linux's answer to
>     those RISC salesdroids who brag about how their *OPTIMISED* OS+apps
>     run so much faster on their RISC chips than a 386 binary-RPM runs on
>     a 686.

salesdroids?  oh goodie.  :-)

targetting systems ..................... [OK]

lol.

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