http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/all-about-ubuntu/ A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog Thu, 24 May 2012 02:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/all-about-ubuntu/#comment-1411 Enterprise Linux Log » Linux fragmentation OK for users, not for businesses Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:23:40 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/all-about-ubuntu/#comment-1411 [...] I agree with this post’s argument that distro choice is good for individual users and not so good for businesses. The trouble is that new distributions, like Ubuntu, can also be vehicles for innovation and that innovation can usually happen faster in general open source development than in commercial operating system vendor product release cycles. So, by restricting fragmentation (if, indeed, it is at all possible to restrict it), the Linux community could also inhibit innovation. [...] [...] I agree with this post’s argument that distro choice is good for individual users and not so good for businesses. The trouble is that new distributions, like Ubuntu, can also be vehicles for innovation and that innovation can usually happen faster in general open source development than in commercial operating system vendor product release cycles. So, by restricting fragmentation (if, indeed, it is at all possible to restrict it), the Linux community could also inhibit innovation. [...]

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