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Red Hat/Novell/Canonical could add/change Linux features just as easily as Microsoft could add to or change Windows. The Linux community isn't just a bunch of p
by natnat 16y ago
Red Hat/Novell/Canonical could add/change Linux features just as easily as Microsoft could add to or change Windows. The Linux community isn't just a bunch of people who are writing code for the fun of it.
- rbanffy 16y agoNot only that, but you can make Red Hat, Novell and Canonical compete against each other for the best solution. As much schizophrenic as Microsoft's various divisions are, you can't make the Xbox division compete with the Office division on which one wins a contract for adding a feature to the Windows 8 kernel.
- protomyth 16y agoFor better or worse, the US government has a lot easier time dealing with a central point of control and owner's of products are their institutional experience. Also, I gotta wonder how a change that was not popular would work if made by one of the distribution companies.