Celebrate choice! (Was: Re: sad day on PLUG)

[Michael Havens]

I haven't heard much on PCLinuxOS

On Friday 09 November 2007 10:48 am, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Josef Lowder wrote:
> > Out of the top 100 Linux Distros, here are the top 8 in terms
> > of interest/activity with the most recent hit counts:
> >
> > 1 PCLinuxOS  	2924
> > 2 Ubuntu 	2313
> > 3 openSUSE 	1528
> > 4 Fedora 	1280
> > 5 Sabayon 	1182
> > 6 Mint 		1066
> > 7 Debian 	844
> > 8 Mandriva 	772
>
> This is so very cool!  Just think of the contrast of what the above list
> represents versus the freedom of choice available to users of Microsoft
> or Apple OSes.
>
> - We can choose from "the top 100" and more.
> - We can find the exact match for our needs.
> - We can deploy one flavor for one use, like servers, and another flavor
> for another use, like desktop, and another for another use, like media
> center, etc. etc.
> - We can watch the top ten innovate and improve and polish as they try
> to best each other and win more users.
> - We can see PCLinuxOS rise to #1 where Ubuntu used to be, where Fedora
> was.  And then watch them cycle through again as they compete on nearly
> level ground.
>
> AND we can benefit without spending a nickel!  AND we can benefit by
> deploying, changing and copying at will!
>
> And I haven't even mentioned all the BSD choices and all the
> applications and flavors of applications, all improving the state of the
> art!
>
> "Celebrate good times, come on!"  (Good thing this is just text.  You
> didn't hear me sing that.)
>
> Alan, feeling happy and Free today!