[oclug]Re: Linux too hard?

Brad Barnett bb at L8R.net
Tue Nov 26 14:06:08 EST 2002


On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:05:34 -0500
"Dave O'Neill" <dmo at acm.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 12:40:21PM -0500, Jon Earle wrote:
> 
> > The goal of FS should not, IMHO, be to offer 10,000 alternatives when
> > it's very clear that only one solution is needed.
> 
> The one thing everyone misses when they talk about the "Linux Community"
> or the "Free Software Community" is that there are no such entities.
> 


I understand what you are trying to say, Dave, but 'community' is broadly
enough defined that term "Linux Community" is not in error,

However, just because you use Linux or Free Software, does not mean that
you share the same goals for Linux or Free Software as everyone else that
does.  Definitely a truth there.



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