IBM has marked its 10 years of participation in Linux and open source with an open source code contribution focused on supercomputing.
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Member since:2006-05-09
Addin' more UNICES into the field just fragments the current *NIX marketshare, does not increments it.
To throw away Windows from the ecosystem we need to develop (with "we" I mean "the community" because I did not contribute anything 
... yet) a more final user-friendly OS able to compete with Windows and Mac.
Member since:2008-04-18
To throw away Windows from the ecosystem we need to develop (with "we" I mean "the community" because I did not contribute anything
... yet) a more final user-friendly OS able to compete with Windows and Mac. Every Unix brings something unique to the community. I'd rather have diversity than just one Unix. Internal competition is also very healthy, not only external competition (e.g. against Microsoft). Maybe a unique set of standards regarding packaging and installing software would be what the Unix-Linux ecosystem needs.
Member since:2005-12-02
"But yes, we need Solaris, Irix, Aix, we actually need as much Unix as we can get. What we really need is to remove Windows from the current ecosystem."
I couldn't help myself here...so I have to ask..why do we have to remove Windows??
Did you get fired from Microsoft or something? Was Melinda your girl back in the day, what? You seem to hate Microsoft, and I really do not know why. Are you a Deacon in the church of Stallman?
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2008-04-18
But yes, we need Solaris, Irix, Aix, we actually need as much Unix as we can get. What we really need is to remove Windows from the current ecosystem.