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- From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: And then came?
- Message-ID: <C00tvp.6M6@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 12:40:36 GMT
- Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command
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- In the beginning...
- there was Linus, and He was Good.
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- The rootdisk/bootdisk combination was created, and IT was Good.
- Then came Peter and the shared libraries.
- Then came SLS.
- Then came H.J. Lu and GCC.
-
- These, too, were Good.
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-
- ...something like that!
-
- Anyway, there seems to be a substantial amount of time dedicated
- to Linux on the Internet by Linus, Peter, and H.J. Lu, as well as
- COUNTLESS others. Question, though. Is there any way to tell at
- this point which Linux distributions will survive into the future?
-
- We have: 1) bootdisk/rootdisk
- 2) GCC
- 3) SLS
- 4) MCC
-
- Which distributions are for developers only? Which are for test?
- Which will die because their author gets a/another job?
- Which will survive a few years, and be supported by their author
- or protege(s)!?
-
- I personally could survive for a couple years with the GCC
- distribution plus a few packages I already have. But any feedback
- on this would be MOST enlightening!
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