Competition? (was Re: cross-platform virus)

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:14:23 +1000
Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:


> Absolutely, but we want them to find Ubuntu to be the best. Ubuntu does 
> compete with other distributions, it is wrong to think that ti doesn't.

It doesn't, really - not in the usual sense of the word "competition",
anyway. Increasing the number of Linux users is good for all
distributions, and the improvements made to Ubuntu (and to other
distributions) benefit all distributions, as long as they are "Free" .

The source code is available to all . That's one of the major differences
between Free/Libre software and the alternatives.

Of course, it's nice to be first with innovations and so on - but that
kind of "competition" isn't the classic "we beat, you and you can't use our
ideas" variety so common in the commercial world.

Peter
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