| UserLinux: Repairing the Economic Paradigm of Enterprise Linux |
Dec. 09, 2003
Open Source leader Bruce Perens has published a first draft of UserLinux: Repairing the Economic Paradigm of Enterprise Linux. The key initiative of UserLinux is to propel the community to advance Linux in the enterprise more quickly and without the burdens that a commercial Linux distribution company may face in moving into the enterprise.
Says Perens, "Enterprise users have embraced GNU/Linux. But the very aspects that make Linux desirable, its low cost, Open Source nature, and the way it gives customers more control over their software, are under attack by Linux vendors bent on increasing shareholder value. Businesses are paying more as Linux distributions demand a per-seat cost and service lock-in for software that they didn't develop and that others support. Many of the early adopters of Linux are small but profitable industries with extremely sophisticated needs, and commercial Linux distributors simply can't afford to pay much attention to them while larger markets are waiting. . . "
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