> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:19:11 -0600
> From: "Harrison, Shawn"
> . . . Linux has the same aim of "world
> domination", but the whole point is to let everyone have the right
> to use, modify, redistribute, and sell the OS. No "subjugation" is
> even possible, really. It's not for nothing that one of the leading
> organizations is called "Software in the Public Interest" organization behind the Debian Linux distribution>.
As Shawn says, what a contrast. . . . A minor modification:
'world domination' emphasizes open code in general -- as opposed to
customer control via trade secrets.
Nor does Linus Torvalds wish to emulate or clone Bill Gates (how
ghastly); recently he said it might be best for everyone if Linux
never exceeded, say, 25% of the operating-system market.
Sam Martin has asked about Linux mailing lists; I suggest
http://www.linuxlinks.com
which leads to multitudinous sources.
Ob-note: How nice if XyWrite's source code were available under the
General Public License.
Wendell Cochran
West Seattle