United Linux: why MandrakeSoft will not join

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Lee wrote:

>Then there is this great bug-a-boo of splintering. So what? That's what
>Linux is all about. The only unsplintered OS around is M$. 
>
And just how unsplintered is a company that offers

    DOS
    Windows 95
    Windows 98
    Windows 98SE
    Windows ME
    Windows NT
    Windows 2000
    Windows XP

in various versions of each?

At least the core of Linux is still the Linus kernel. <g>