United Linux: why MandrakeSoft will not join

[Shawn L Johnston]

On Tuesday 02 July 2002 03:32 pm, you wrote:
> I found this remark which I snipped from the article (a Mandrake
> manifesto IMHO) rather amusing:
>
>
> "Before the Linux Standard Base, there was a "de facto" standardization
> phenomenon. When studying the Linux distributions, it is clear that
> most of them are based on Red Hat, Debian and Mandrake, which qualifies
> them as de facto standards."

I thought more portent was their remark a little further down:

"It is extremely hard for us to understand why some software publishers   
and hardware manufacturers only support one Linux distribution."


Shawn