Skribent: arne Dato: Til: dng Emne: Re: [DNG] Which is free, which is open source, et al.
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:43:15 +0000
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:
> Sun Microsystems had a huge lot of money back in the late 90s. They
> desperately wanted total domination over the entry and mid-level
> server segment. They also had a lot of exposure and a respected
> legacy. They were perfectly placed in that market. Nevertheless, they
> lost badly (hook, line, and sinker) to GNU/Linux, an unknown operating
> system developed by hundreds of hobbists, that was not on the radar of
> any serious player at that time, and didn't want to be there at all.
>
> Devuan is not Linux, and RedHat is not Sun Microsystems, but we'll see
> how it goes. According to some professionals and experts in the field,
> Devuan should not even exist. Nevertheless, a lot of users are having
> a lot of fun with Devuan, and a lot of professionals are building
> their businesses on Devuan. This is something that nobody would have
> bet a dime on some three years ago.
>
> Money is not everything, after all. There is indeed not enough money
> around to buy commitment, passion, and freedom ;)
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ
>
Makes me thinking again about the switch.
I have my backups, so I could always go back to debian:)