Marketing Linux
 

Do you think that eventually, someday, somebody will buy out all the linux distributors somehow, and linux will become like another microsoft company? I don't know if it would work, because really, that is the one reason why Linux is as little popular as it is, the GNU license and all..free.

Would you like to see this done (Give ol' Gates a run for his money)

Or just keep Linux as good as it is now?

I don't know if I would like to see it happened, but I'm getting signs of it already (those IBM commercials pushing Linux and all)

So once its "gnu'd" it aint possible eh?

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Originally posted by Fear58 So once its "gnu'd" it ain't possible eh?

Not likely, but the Red Hat trend isn't exactly helping But is that where Mac comes in? YO I use Mac and I say *well maybe* but if Linux has a hold in the i86 Platform hurry up Do you agree?

Re: Marketing Linux
 

>Do you think that eventually, someday, somebody will buy out all the >linux distributors somehow,
No I don't think so, as Linux doesn't belong to anyone (except, maybe,
all of us. Isn't there a passus in the GPL?)

>and linux will become like another microsoft company?
Linux doesn't belong to the distributors. Nor does KDE, Gnome, and
a lot of other stuff.

>Would you like to see this done (Give ol' Gates a run for his money)
Linux being sold by a proprietor? Probably no. I would like to see it
free, because that makes competition possible.

>I don't know if I would like to see it happened, but I'm getting signs of it >already (those IBM commercials pushing Linux and all)
But they don't own Linux.

The determination of the Linux community is amazing! I just found this:

http://www.tux500.com/index.php

It's called Tux 500. It is a community effort to raise enough money to sponsor a race car with the Linux name in the next Indianapolis 500. I already donated :)