> Guess what, Ubuntu uses apt rather than yum. That isn't vendor lock in either. Apt and yum both support configuring multiple repos, their protocols are well-

> Guess what, Ubuntu uses apt rather than yum. That isn't vendor lock in either. Apt and yum both support configuring multiple repos, their protocols are well-documented, there are an abundance of repo implementations, etc. If apt only supported a single upstream repo and Debian kept the source proprietary, do you think Ubuntu would exist?