Chip Salzenberg (chip@valinux.com) writes:
> According to Hans Reiser:
> > Your hypothesis of distribution neutrality by kernel contributors
> > lacks empirical support.
>
> It's not a hypothesis. It's a statement of his personal experience.
> Either he's lying or he's telling the truth, but he's *not* guessing.
Either you quoted the wrong part, or you're making an unjustified assumption.
I dn't see anything about guessing in that quote.
> > [...] the distributions are engaged in a bitter and contentious
> > battle for control, they spend large amounts of money out of fear
> > that some code space will fall under control of the other, and their
> > objective in obtaining control is to influence who is cooperated
> > with and who is frustrated.
>
> This reads like a paranoid delusion.
<sarcasm>
Aha! I see you didn't deny it! There must be something to it! Notice that
he posts from, and therefore by implication is speaking for, VA Linux!
</sarcasm>
It could be true. I don't think anyone on this list is in a real position to say, one way or the other. I've seen stranger games played in the name of market share. <shrug>
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