Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:11:16 -0500

In message <368025D7.416C0137@his.com>, David Feuer writes:
+-----
| By the way... how come many people still believe that no good support is
| available for Linux, when I have found that Linux support is better than
| any other (there are people who actually know how linux works, if it's
| broke it gets fixed......)
+--->8

Because they're thinking like businesspeople, and business (in the U.S. at
least) is a culture of blame. "No support" really means "nobody I can
threaten to sue if something goes wrong".

And yes, we all know that they've zero chance of suing Microsoft
successfully if something goes wrong --- but that doesn't enter into the
equation. They need *someone* to point a finger at.

-- 
brandon s. allbery	[os/2][linux][solaris][japh]	 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering			 KF8NH
     We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.






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