Unixfication II | Linux Today

Unixfication II

Written By
JP
Jason Perlow
May 10, 2008

[ Thanks to Jason
Perlow
for this link. ]

“Can the Linux community get over its ‘not invented here’
ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt
technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to
myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a
long way to go until we become a culture of inclusion and not of
exclusion and isolationism.

“My OpenSolaris 2008.05 write-up struck a chord with a bunch of
folks in the community because the very title itself ‘What Ubuntu
Wants to Be When it Groups Up’ was taken as an affront to Linux’s
maturity and the hard work and milestones accomplished by Ubuntu
project and the Free Software community’s efforts…”

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JP

Jason Perlow

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