Subj : Multiple Distros of Linux. Is it / will it be a problem?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Joel Lieper
Date : Tue Aug 31 2004 10:53 am

I am a new linux user - mandrake 10, so my question may be naive; but it
doesn't seem to be a good sign that there are multiple versions of linux.

Isn't there a danger that multiple distros will lead to fragmentation
of the OS, where a program written for distro A will not work in distro B;
and, instead of having one strong OS, there are many weak ones?

Windows is bloated junk, and people who now use it could be won away to
linux; but, speaking personally, one of the reasons I delayed switching 
to linux was the competing verions - I didn't know which one to get.

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