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vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 17 hours agoIn what world do you imagine there wouldn’t be 87 forks that went in a different direction.
In every world. Linux is not just the codebase, it’s all the developer work going into it daily. Hundreds of forks and downstreams can pick whichever direction they want, most of that work will still be directed one way.
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
But this proposal for a full auto-chain isn’t a proposal by Linus and many thousands contributors. It’s the proposal of a commercial entity that doesn’t control Linux in any way.
tomalley8342@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yes, this commercial entity founded by people who have a literal track record of doing exactly that Image
sunbeam60@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
Volunteer adoption of a system found to be better by distro maintainers is not the same as forced adoption of a system distro maintainers don’t find to be better.
tomalley8342@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
“Found to be better” because of commercial resources and support pouring in and outcompeting grassroots alternatives to gain market share. Do you share the same lukewarm acceptance for what chromium is doing for web browsers?