Re: [MLUG] The Linux Crusade: A Prelude

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Bryan Venable wrote:

> http://www.qyjohn.net/?p=492
>
> Interesting take on Canonical/Ubuntu's relationship with the Linux 
> community and how it relates to the "OS wars" in general.


If Canonical is making their code available, they are doing great in my 
book.  If developers want to use their code, they should use it.  It 
certainly isn't a requirement to send patches to the Linux kernel 
developers, but Canonical has sent 100 patches.

So what if Novell sent more patches than Canonical?  The article points 
out that Suse has been around since 1994 and Canonical's Ubuntu only since 
2004, but I think Novell acquired Suse in November 2003, so that is hardly 
relevant.  It seems more likely to me that Ubuntu has been focused on the 
user interface much more than on kernel functionality, so that probably 
explains the difference in patch production.

Mike

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