Re: [ossig] Red Hat Drops Free Linux

[Ken Wong <ken@apdip.net>]

On Wednesday 05 November 2003 12:17, Seah Hong Yee wrote:
> Malaysia uses a language that would involve better intergration of
> unicode onto Linux or something that is not being done on regular
> main stream distro, then another fork would make sense.  

Actually, it still wouldn't. There's no reason why you can't integrate 
any improvements you want into the existing code base. As it is, the 
Linux kernel is already Unicode ready and aware. Any changes needed are 
mostly in X or X-based apps. There's no reason why you can't try to get 
it integrated with the existing projects/distributions out there.

That was the point of the article I linked and it's a situation many of 
these "localized" distributions are faced with today. Thailand's 
SELinux has to be maintained separately from the original RH base it 
came from. Likewise, Red Flag is unable to keep up with the latest 
packages. Many of the "localized" distributions are outdated and 
unpatched against the most recently discovered security 
vulnerabilities. Look forward to a Windows/MSBlast like situation if 
any of these distributions gain decent sized marketshare.

Ken



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