Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:38:01AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> And unfortunately, even though I suspect that many people would very >> much like a legal distribution based on Linux that could include all the >> parts necessary to be a viable competitor to Microsoft, the GPL will >> always prevent it from happening. > > That's a funny place to put the blame. > Les has this strange idea that you can only use the software that comes with a Linux distribution, and can not add software you get other places. I guess he has never seen any of the software for sale that runs on Linux. Does a Linux distribution have to include every piece of software that you would ever need to be successful? It looks like M$ is working to get things so that you have to buy all your software from them, but I would hate to see Linux distributions go that way. I would love to see all software available for free, but I don't expect to see it happen tomorrow... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
