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Re: Failed distro count now at 979. World yawns each time a new one is expelled.

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From	Ed <ed-newsgroups@s5h.net>
Subject	Re: Failed distro count now at 979. World yawns each time a new one is expelled.
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Date	2012-06-27 16:49 -0500

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On 2012-06-27, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 6/27/2012 8:29 AM, chrisv wrote:
>>> Haron quacked:
>>>>
>>>> The main point you DONT understand (because youre a fucking idiot) is
>>>> that all the energy that went into yet another "me too" distro would
>>>> have been far better utilised improving know quality like Debian.
>>
>> The main point we DO understand is that you are a shitty little
>> freedom-hating dictator wannabee, Quack.  What you DON'T understand
>> (because you're a fscking idiot) is that the Linux distro market is
>> really no different than any other.  Indeed, the only "unusual" thing
>> about it is its extremely low costs and barriers to entry.
>
>
> Also unusual is products in the the Linux distro "market" are:
>
> * given away for free

Correct, aside from RHEL et al.

> * of low- to mediocre-quality

Correct aside from all those who use unit testing.

> * amateurish

Not at all.

> * poorly tested

I'd say very well tested, far better than say that thing MS demo'd the
other week. Least they'd planned for failure and had a backup device.

> * often barely differentiated from one another

Standardisation is a good thing in some cases.

> * developed by unpaid volunteers (who sometimes abandon the project en
>    masse without warning)

In the corporate world its easy to head hunt people and take them onto
other projects in different organisations. Didn't MS head hunt a lot of
people a few years ago to work on Bing?

> * usually developed by faceless anonymous nyms with no physical
>    address

See thing about bing above.

> * use most of the same source components

Are you really that dumb? The whole idea of a library is to reuse code.

> * often not supported by the creator

Whatever that's meant to mean.

> * usually supported by 3rd party unpaid volunteers

That's the idea of open source, by the people for the people.

> * not easily interchangeable with competing products

Yes you're right, standard and open file formats can't be
interchangeable.

> * rarely advertise

Why would you advertise, word of mouth is sufficient.

> * have virtually no sales

Exactly, why would you buy when virtually the same product is available
for free?

> * have extremely poor user adoption rates

Why yes, all those androids are poory adopted.

> Other than those, the Linux distro market is really no different from 
> any other market... sure thing turdv you dumbass.
>
>
>
>
>> Why aren't you attacking, say BMW and Mercedes for making "me too"
>> cars, you piece of shit?  Their offerings are quite similar, are they
>> not?  Why don't you explain to them how many resources could be saved
>> by joining forces?
>>
>> Engineering.  Manufacturing.  Inventory.  Marketing.  Savings galore,
>> in your communist utopia!
>>
>> On the other hand, the free market has proven that both businesses are
>> viable and needed to optimally serve the market.
>>
>> But you know better, don't you, you stupid, ignorant, shameless
>> asshole.
>
> Everyone knows better than you.
>


-- 
Regards, Ed http://www.usenix.org.uk/

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