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eWeek: Fork in Linux Road?
Apr 6, 2004, 00 :30 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (9369 reads)

(Other stories by Jim Rapoza)

"In his inimitable way of imparting wisdom, baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said, 'When you get to the fork in the road, take it.' There are many reasons why this quotation is funny, not the least of which is that it doesn't make sense. But many in the tech community seem to be displaying a similar lack of understanding when it comes to forking.

"Many pundits and industry leaders are predicting that Linux will fork or even saying that it has forked already. The main contention is that Red Hat Linux is moving away from other Linux distributions so that applications written for Red Hat Linux may not easily run on those other distributions..."

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Dangers of Delay - How to prevent a Linux kernel fork through wider stakeholder participation (Nov 22, 2000)
LinuxMedNews: Medical 'Fear of Forking'(Oct 18, 2000)
LinuxPlanet: Editor's Note: Stick a Fork in It?(Oct 16, 2000)
Linux.com: Have We Come to a Fork in the Road?(Sep 28, 2000)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
No more forking FUD please. .  ...   FORK OFF!   
FUD-Master
Apr 6, 2004, 00:57:08
 
"The new Oracle 10g database, for exampl ...   Oracle provides support for SuSE   
Tim
Apr 6, 2004, 01:04:02
 
In section 3 of GPL license: 3.  You may ...   Freedom of choices   
Mohammad Bahathir Hashim
Apr 6, 2004, 01:09:35
 
As a programmer and a biologist, one the ...   Bio Diversity and Linux   
kelaklub
Apr 6, 2004, 01:10:24
 
...And if Red Hat wants to fork Linux th ...   Re: FORK OFF!   
FUD-Master
Apr 6, 2004, 01:20:14
 
Uninformed silly article.  Not even FUDi ...   Nothing to see here Pls move on   
bjorn stadil
Apr 6, 2004, 01:26:05
 
you should try reading the whole article ...   Re: FORK OFF!   
telamonides
Apr 6, 2004, 01:27:06
 
     I think forking isn't an issue, ...   Re: To Fork or Not To Fork   
NeoSadist
Apr 6, 2004, 01:44:05
 
...and these distributions will have som ...   Not FUD, the title of article misleading...   
GreyGeek
Apr 6, 2004, 01:56:56
 
Since the initial release of Linux in 19 ...   Forking all the time   
Joe User
Apr 6, 2004, 02:10:55
 
.....As a point of comparison, the diffe ...   Read the article. You're reacting to the title   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 6, 2004, 02:12:14
 
> As a programmer and a biologist, one t ...   Re: Bio Diversity and Linux   
Richard Deasio
Apr 6, 2004, 03:30:42
 
Pure FUD. Most internet sites are biased ...   FUD   
Kanwar
Apr 6, 2004, 04:06:10
 
> If you can't tell, I'm a huge  ...   Re: Re: Bio Diversity and Linux   
ac
Apr 6, 2004, 08:08:33
 
If you can't tell, I'm a huge fa ...   Re: Re: Bio Diversity and Linux   
I R A Darth Aggie
Apr 6, 2004, 12:34:23
 
Didn't read the article, did ya?  ...   Re: FUD   
I R A Darth Aggie
Apr 6, 2004, 12:35:15
 
Hey, I've got an idea. ***READ THE A ...   Re: FUD   
Me
Apr 6, 2004, 12:43:17
 
The media is only interested in controve ...   No issue   
SyntheToonz
Apr 6, 2004, 14:04:31
 
As a chip designer where things seem to  ...   Good Read! Agree!   
aRTee
Apr 6, 2004, 16:32:21
 
Everyone forks Linux. Get over it. The R ...   Forks are a way of life   
phil
Apr 6, 2004, 17:13:09
 
     Andrew Morton versus Linus Torvalde ...   Re: Forking all the time   
NeoSadist
Apr 6, 2004, 17:56:41
 
>   The Linux kernel belongs to Linus To ...   Re: Re: Forking all the time   
Tony OBryan
Apr 6, 2004, 22:16:16
 
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