Vendor lock is bad for business.

Vendor lock is bad for business.

Posted Dec 3, 2003 15:14 UTC (Wed) by penguinroar (guest, #14460)
Parent article: A UserLinux manifesto

The only one gaining anything from vendor locking is the vendor holding the keys. I think its nice to see linux gaining momentum but it is very important to keep vendors on the ground. It would be bad if only a few dists is supported by the larger vendors of databases etc because thet would make most businesses use them, not because of RH's superiority but because of avaliability of applications. To me the biggest reason i like linux at work is that im not bound to one single vendor.

Third party vendors should develop for LSB and not for one specific vendor. Ofcourse they should be able to partner up but its vitaly important to me that i can run any application on any linux dist I choose to use.

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