Operating Systems: Thier relations with Microsoft and FOSS.
Linux Distributions: Fedora Linux: Made by: Fedora Project/Red Hat Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software (Red Hat actively attacked SCO and still fights Microsoft) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Made by: Red Hat Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software (Red Hat actively attacked SCO and still fights Microsoft) Suse Linux Made by: Novell Status: Traitor (Novell stood up to SCO but not to Microsoft) Ubuntu Linux: Made by: Canonical Ltd./Ubuntu Foundation Status: Traitor (Ubuntu jumped onto the Microsoft Patent bandwagon) Mandriva Linux: Made by: Mandriva Corporation Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Debian Linux: Made by: Debian Project Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Slackware Linux: Made by: Slackware Project/Walnut Creek Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Linspire Linux: Made by: Linspire, Inc Status: Traitor (Not fighting Microsoft plus including propitiatory packages when perfectly fine free alternatives exist) BSD Distributions: FreeBSD: Made by: FreeBSD Foundation Status: Not a traitor to Free Software OpenBSD: Made by: OpenBSD Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software NetBSD: Made by: NetBSD Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Other Open Source Operating Systems: OpenSolaris: Made by: Sun Microsystems Status: Not a traitor to Free Software FreeDOS: Made by: FreeDOS Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software ReactOS: Made by: ReactOS project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Debian GNU/Hurd Made by: Debian project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Closed Source Operating Systems and their stance on Free Software: Solaris: Made By: Sun Microsystems Stance: Solaris has an open source conterpart made by Sun. Mac OS X: Made by: Apple Computers Stance: Even though based on opend BSD code Mac is against free software and is even adopting DRM. Though it claims to "support the community", such as porting OpenOffice.org to Mac. Hello! Who benefits more from that? OO.o or Apple? Hmm... :roll: AIX: Made by: IBM Stance: One of the last corporate Unix's. It has to live together with its free software brothers. Also lives in mediocrity, IBM has traditionally supported Linux stuff. :-P SCO OpenServer Made by: SCO Group Stance: Tried to kill Linux with copyright law. In the end backfired on its self and now is in grave financial difficulties. Windows: Made by: Microsoft Stance: Includes full DRM restrictions and is aggressively anti-free software and open source. :evil:
Linux Distributions: Fedora Linux: Made by: Fedora Project/Red Hat Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software (Red Hat actively attacked SCO and still fights Microsoft) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Made by: Red Hat Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software (Red Hat actively attacked SCO and still fights Microsoft) Suse Linux Made by: Novell Status: Traitor (Novell stood up to SCO but not to Microsoft) Ubuntu Linux: Made by: Canonical Ltd./Ubuntu Foundation Status: Traitor (Ubuntu jumped onto the Microsoft Patent bandwagon) Mandriva Linux: Made by: Mandriva Corporation Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Debian Linux: Made by: Debian Project Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Slackware Linux: Made by: Slackware Project/Walnut Creek Status: Not a traitor to Linux and Free Software Linspire Linux: Made by: Linspire, Inc Status: Traitor (Not fighting Microsoft plus including propitiatory packages when perfectly fine free alternatives exist) BSD Distributions: FreeBSD: Made by: FreeBSD Foundation Status: Not a traitor to Free Software OpenBSD: Made by: OpenBSD Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software NetBSD: Made by: NetBSD Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Other Open Source Operating Systems: OpenSolaris: Made by: Sun Microsystems Status: Not a traitor to Free Software FreeDOS: Made by: FreeDOS Project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software ReactOS: Made by: ReactOS project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Debian GNU/Hurd Made by: Debian project Status: Not a traitor to Free Software Closed Source Operating Systems and their stance on Free Software: Solaris: Made By: Sun Microsystems Stance: Solaris has an open source conterpart made by Sun. Mac OS X: Made by: Apple Computers Stance: Even though based on opend BSD code Mac is against free software and is even adopting DRM. Though it claims to "support the community", such as porting OpenOffice.org to Mac. Hello! Who benefits more from that? OO.o or Apple? Hmm... :roll: AIX: Made by: IBM Stance: One of the last corporate Unix's. It has to live together with its free software brothers. Also lives in mediocrity, IBM has traditionally supported Linux stuff. :-P SCO OpenServer Made by: SCO Group Stance: Tried to kill Linux with copyright law. In the end backfired on its self and now is in grave financial difficulties. Windows: Made by: Microsoft Stance: Includes full DRM restrictions and is aggressively anti-free software and open source. :evil: