Re: [ossig] Red Hat Drops Free Linux

[Ken Wong <ken@apdip.net>]

On Wednesday 05 November 2003 10:36, Gan Sze Kai wrote:
> Why not we make Malaysian Linux distrubution, if possible. Is great
> to have local distro, rite?

Good god, no. Why have half a billion, almost identical distributions 
that require half a billion people to maintain it? For further 
background, read the article on the Thai Linux fork:

http://www.hostingtech.com/news/2003/9/25/St_Nitf_Time_to_re_think_Thailands_ope_a0924100.1iw.html

(URL may be chopped up by mail reader/server wrapping)

We're better off using something like Debian and making sure that any 
M'sia specific changes are integrated into it. Better to join a global 
community of developers than to lead a community of 1.

Ken


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