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I've no idea why so many people expect completely different Unix-clones with completely different origins that simply share one component between them, which th
by Blikkentrekker 4y ago
I've no idea why so many people expect completely different Unix-clones with completely different origins that simply share one component between them, which they also all heavily modify, to somehow give up their own identity and merge.
It's probably simply because others all call them “Linux”, but they rarely even call themselves that. One cannot easily find the word “Linux” on the websites of “Fedora” or “Ubuntu” for instance and they simply call themselves that.
- robonerd 4y agoMonopolistic desire is a mind virus that people steeped in corporate culture acquire and bring with them into scenes like this. To a mind so afflicted, the premise that 'Linux' should be unified to maximize the chance of achieving total market domination seems to go unquestioned.