Re: systemd (Subject line fixed as a public service)

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:26:01 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
 

Only in the last 15 years or so did corps start to force
their ideas into linux.

 
Nobody can “force” their ideas into Open Source. Ideas only get adopted
for their intrinsic merit, not because of any big-budget marketing
campaign to tell everyone how wonderful it is.
 
What would be the business model for such a marketing campaign, anyway?

Business model of open source corporations is service and extras.
Creators of given artifacts have significant advantage compared
to others (first, they know the thing better, second, they decide
what gets accepted in "standard" version).  So, there is substantial
incentive to push for wide adoption.

Of course, proposal needs to have some basic qualities.  And as
other corporations may want to push their own solution, proposing
corporation must convince other _corporations_ that their
solution is "better".  And "better" may mean available first
or being dependency of some important program.  Intrinsic merit
counts, but is just one of factors.  And once something gets
wide adpotion compatibility concerns frequently mean that
intrinsically better ideas have no chance.

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