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> Furthermore, I'd challenge you to name one open source project that can be shipped AS-IS as a product. Don't even say the Linux kernel, that has like what 2%
by MaxfordAndSons 10y ago
> Furthermore, I'd challenge you to name one open source project that can be shipped AS-IS as a product. Don't even say the Linux kernel, that has like what 2% market share?
GitLab. Postgres. Atom. Docker (debatable). I could go on, but to be fair I am a bit of a hoarder of interesting oss.
Re the Linux kernel: isn't it way higher than 2% if you count commercial and industrial usage? Also Android devices.
- LaSombra 10y agoWildFly, Apache httpd and Tomcat, git, Mercurial, LibreOffice for most cases, Darktable, Hexchat, Pidgin and the list goes on and on :)
- BoorishBears 10y agoCalling Android devices Linux is not productive.
- ovao 10y agoHe was referring specifically to Android's use of the Linux kernel. He was not calling Android "Linux", though I think doing so would be fair in a general sense.
- pjmlp 10y agoI could have an Android device using another kernel and the majority of PlayStore apps wouldn't notice. For the NDK ones, using the set of official APIs would be also enough. The only ones that would fail, would be the ones that try to bend the rules of official APIs.