Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Techworld.com - Linux vendors cosy up to Debian to push into enterprise

Techworld.com - Linux vendors cosy up to Debian to push into enterprise: "Murdock believes the DCC faces lower hurdles in its own convergence project, because its members are already using Debian-based technology, which is already the second most widely used Linux distribution after Red Hat, by many counts."

With RedHat, Debian Core Consortium, Linux Core Consortium and Novell, the picture becomes more organized in the enterprise world. This seems to be a very "healthy" development because it gives choices to people. The Linux Standard Base that all major Linux distribution join secure the compatibility and low barriers to migrate between systems. Debian is the second biggest distribution, and unlike the others commited to the social contract to always be "free as in free speech" and "free as in free beer".

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