Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Anti-FOSS Lunacy (was Re: Another FOSS Gem) Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 07:19:53 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <17d05e981fe6d8d5$29125$542956$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <6647f2ff$0$7053$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6648a71e$0$6438$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6650cabc$0$7540$426a74cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 09:19:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="670a18c250260a063554e73d6306465c"; logging-data="1110864"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1951Y+3ulR3KQS/0w4oOaSC" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LlCpzGrL7qTGYRXPHYKOAet6nQ0= Bytes: 1951 On 24 May 2024 17:13:32 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 22-05-2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit : > >> On Sun, 19 May 2024 08:14:49 -0000 (UTC), Sebastian wrote: >> >>> Red Hat is the main company in the Linux community ... >> >> Red Hat is only a small part of the Linux community. Consider that most >> distros are Debian, not Red Hat, derivatives. > > On the Desktop, yes, Debian and its derivatives are the major part of > the community. In the industry, it's not the same, Red Hat is very > present. So how exactly would a business model work, where Red Hat is forcing other distros to adopt its technologies, for free?