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[Maciej Katafiasz]

Dnia 09-08-2004, pon o godzinie 12:27 -0500, George Kraft napisał(a):
> 
> > Regardless, if they *aren't* seen as the same operating system, then we 
> > are all basically screwed w.r.t non open source software, as the desktop 
> > market is much more fragmented than the server market - you can't just 
> > say "We support RHEL X and SLES Y" and be done with it, not unless you 
> > want to alienate a large number of potential customers. None of the 
> > existing desktop distros have a market share high enough to justify 
> > ports or new development, whereas in a few cases the market share of 
> > "Linux" is getting high enough.
> 
> They are not the same, because I cannot go into CompUSA to buy a
> GNU/Linux application then take it home and just install it.   What
> would be the system requirements?  Ideally it would say "requires LSB
> v3.0 Desktop or higher" instead of listing thirty (or just two)
> different supported GNU/Linux distribution releases. 

Erm, wasn't determining it the point of this (somewhat lengthy) thread,
and specifically the question above? Your reply reminds "Recursive: see
recursive" definition ;)

Cheers,
Maciej

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