Open Source Parking [LWN.net]

Open Source Parking

Posted Apr 14, 2006 10:46 UTC (Fri) by anonymous21 (guest, #30106)
Parent article: Open Source Parking

This is a dumb idea. At first.

The website says "But managers believe figures like those in the Netcraft report, and act on them."

So rather than solving the problem of managers believing bad statistics, we join in. Wonderful. Solves the problem the wrong way around.

But wait - this is a publicity stunt to draw attention to the ridiculous statistics. So that's okay then.

But what ever happened to Peren's much-trumpeted UserLinux, the free rival to challenge Red Hat?

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Free Software Parking

Posted Apr 14, 2006 11:36 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

It's hard to tell how much of your post is sarcasm. Yes, this lone project will not solve the problem of people believing bad statistics. And yes, this lone project might still make a positive contribution to adoption of free software.

It would be great if everyone used free software because all the World suddenly valued freedom and committed to not letting it slip through their fingers, but it's also important that people move to free software for whatever reason. This is important because plans such as Treacherous Computing and other anti-public uses of Digital Restrictions Management depend on one company, or a small group of companies, being able to take control of the software that people use.

(Bruce talks about UserLinux in a recent LinuxFormat interview.)

Open Source Parking

Posted Apr 14, 2006 11:47 UTC (Fri) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link] (1 responses)

"But what ever happened to Peren's much-trumpeted UserLinux, the free rival to challenge Red Hat?"

Thank you for that, now go for the ball instead, please...

Open Source Parking

Posted Apr 14, 2006 14:04 UTC (Fri) by finster (guest, #32338) [Link]

Would be nice to see less "That won't work blah, blah" and more "This (insert your new idea here) will work better because . . . statments.

UserLinux

Posted Apr 14, 2006 14:36 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link] (1 responses)

Good grief, Perens just did an interview where he talked about UserLinux. Yes, UserLinux didn't work out as planned. But the only way to never fail is to never try. Bruce Perens has contributed to the world in a large number of ways. UserLinux didn't work out as he hoped, but presumably he's learned a few things, and he's moving on to try some other projects to make the world a better place.

UserLinux

Posted Apr 18, 2006 7:03 UTC (Tue) by anonymous21 (guest, #30106) [Link]

> Good grief, Perens just did an interview where he talked about UserLinux.

So why isn't the information on the UserLinux website?