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There will be others who will try to differentiate: Their only goal really is to make sure the default configurations are compatible with each other, and that's only for those who are participating in this program. You'll notice the ones that are participating are the ones that supply vanilla binaries (SuSE, Red Hat, Mandrake), and the ones that are more high tech oriented (ones that usually need to be compiled from source to allow tweaking) like Debian and Gentoo are not on that list. So people who want standardization will go for the ones on the list, and those who want more differentiation will go for the ones not on the list.

Now that doesn't mean that the ones on the list will be identical. It just means they will be compatable. That doesn't mean there won't be a shakedown either. The ones with the better user interfaces (or eye candy) and offer the best services will probably be the ones who come out on top. Price will certainly be a factor, but a distro with a great user interface will probably be able to sell for more than double the amount of one that isn't nearly as good.; Posted by: Michael Kelly Posted on: 09/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Linux needs this agramont@... | 09/13/04

Ironic rapson | 09/13/04

well, the REAL ideal would be... ryusen | 09/13/04

Bring back the commentary! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Don't click on the blogs voska | 09/13/04

Good idea. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Agreed Mr_Shifty | 09/13/04

Belch the blogs Roger Ramjet | 09/14/04

How does this help differenciate products? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Do you mean that ... Eggs Ackley_z | 09/13/04

Exactlly! A race to the bottom! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

There will be others who will try to differentiate Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Will it matter? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Yeah, but what if you can have both? Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

And of them, cost is the one that counts. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

And as I'm sure you know well... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

How so when they all sell/provide the same thing? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Exactly the same? Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

That makes them identical. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

There IS a difference... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Love/Hate the CEO, He is still the boss. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Eye Candy is what Microsoft does best voska | 09/13/04

Desktop vs. server. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

You could be right voska | 09/14/04

Eye candy? seosamh_z | 09/13/04

compared to DOS (NT) doh123 | 09/13/04

The GUI and Wizards voska | 09/14/04

follwoing a standard doesn't mean being a clone... ryusen | 09/13/04

Not according to the story. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

No Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Huh, what desktop? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

So what you are saying ... P. Douglas | 09/13/04

But... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

do you understand what compliant is? ryusen | 09/13/04

You make my point for me. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

you are so wrong... ryusen | 09/13/04

Yes you are. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Now wait a minute... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

or how about.... ryusen | 09/13/04

Pentium 4 vs Athlon XP is like Pepsi vs Coke voska | 09/14/04

It's Not Going To Work P. Douglas | 09/13/04

Spot On! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

How is that any different from right now? voska | 09/13/04

Yes and no. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

And that low cost distro could very well offshore ... P. Douglas | 09/13/04

Reply to P Douglas voska | 09/14/04

and i stand in amazement, that... ryusen | 09/13/04

Proof is in the pudding. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

let's see: ryusen | 09/13/04

You sure can and businesses do voska | 09/13/04

No You Can't P. Douglas | 09/13/04

You illustrate my point perfectly voska | 09/14/04

there will still be ways to differentiate... ryusen | 09/13/04

Not really... No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

Once again... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Exactlly right!!! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04

Do you even understand what a baseline is? B.O.F.H. | 09/13/04

Do you have a clue how markets work? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04

like the m4 bolt, like auto-gas... oh those are standards that haven't been hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

You do realize rapson | 09/13/04

Now you've gone and done it!!! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

God forbid... Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Nothing wrong with it rapson | 09/14/04

there's a difference between ryusen | 09/13/04

Efficiency? rapson | 09/14/04

it depends.... ryusen | 09/14/04

The LSB is a baseline, nothing more! B.O.F.H. | 09/13/04

Yup, the cheapest *** on the block wins. No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

We have the same in hardware, though. B.O.F.H. | 09/13/04

repeating the same rubbish over and over doesn't make it true hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Don't have to standardize everything John L. Ries | 09/13/04

no need, you can make your own linux distro WITHOUT LSB. Freedom hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Linux in management software... alread been there... +-Chris-+ | 09/13/04

Who Cares About Yesterday's News : Microsoft brenthawkinsmd | 09/13/04

Man, how wrong can you possibly be??? No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04

I've worked on a bunch of Windows software hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Not much experience in the real world? balsover | 09/13/04

That's the service you BUY when you BUY SUSE OR LINSPIRE X.X hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Money-Hungry Monopoly ... mwagner@... | 09/14/04

Would be nice to know the details... John L. Ries | 09/13/04

RE: Love/Hate the CEO, He is still the boss. Michael Kelly | 09/13/04

Great news for Linux ... uniformity + choice George Mitchell | 09/13/04

Dream on ... mwagner@... | 09/14/04

Spot on Post! No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04

Why not? voska | 09/14/04

Promise of C, etc hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Software Industry will die first voska | 09/14/04

tinfoil hat wearer hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Finally they get it. jimk_z | 09/13/04

You mean eye candy (GUI that actually works) jimk_z | 09/13/04

eaten into market hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Window 2000 and later are very command line friendly voska | 09/14/04

Linux standard gains big-name backers Loverock Davidson | 09/14/04

Standards are fine but ... mwagner@... | 09/14/04

I've taken a C tool and compiled it on many UNIX systems hipparchus2000 | 09/14/04

Here we go again XXX_z | 09/22/04

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