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Not according to the story.
The goal (as I re-read it) is to make all versions compliant with the other. To me that means I could easily rip out say Red Hat and install SuSe without a problem or much effort. As I said, all that's left is who will do it cheapest...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   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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