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To: Golden Eagle
Exactly correct, except that they've already had this problem for a while, and it is only getting worse. Red Hat, Red Flag, SuSe, Mandrake, Gentoo, Slackware, Debian, the list grows every day. And they ALL still fail to see the value of 'integration'.

The funny thing is ... the zealots like to say that Linux is going to take over the *nix market. But what they fail to mention is that there is no such thing as a single "Linux". Yeah, it's a kernel. But there are literally dozens of distributions, each with differing filesystems, install locations, etc. They can't even agree on the most fundamental things -- and consequently Linux Standard Base is doomed to failure. The thing that they consider a virtue -- their "openness" -- is also the the thing that makes them least willing to standardize and agree with one another. Why? Because they don't have to. The open nature of the source code makes it possible to end-run one another. It's totally "Not-Invented-Here" syndrome. Egos run amok. And, as you pointed out, the problem is getting worse, not better.
34 posted on 08/06/2003 6:07:23 PM PDT by Bush2000
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To: Bush2000
On 'tech' internet message boards, many Linux proponents will post a complaint that the desired files aren't usually in the same directory between the different versions, making it impossible to find things, but then the zealots arrive and tell them that is the "beauty" of it.

They are internally conflicted in so many ways, exactly why they like so much "freedom" to manage arcane details of the base operating systems, never understanding the only reason people even use computers in the first place is the applications. Yes, there are many of us that find their actions hysterical at times.
36 posted on 08/06/2003 6:15:20 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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