Indeed, you're becoming very proficient at spelling...
The fact that it's not easy to distribute in binary form for Linux is a nuissance, and should be worked upon - it probably is. This doesn't justify your hard wording.
Linux NEEDS standardisation, most of us will, I think agree, but the fact remains that ultra-orthodox-one-mold-one-prog standards as in MS-W did not prove to be most efficient, or secure.
Yay, im catching up some language here ... this trolling not so useless after all =)
Total dictatorship over the userland is not a good idea, like in Windows, since it introduces a lot of security problems ...
I think all GNU/Linux needs are good ABI standards.
NOT centralized userland/ABI, but STANDARDS. All conforming OS's could then implement these standards in their own way, but stay compatible. The Komodo -runtime is a good start for such. Another good standard is the LSB (Linux Standard Base), which actually defines the low-level ABI and it's functionality. I personally see the LSB as an extension for POSIX.
The problem is, that most opensource coders are too arrogant or "ethical" (or more spesifically, they lie to themselves) to adhere to such standards. Most GNU/Linux developers piss on LSB, and call it "a nazi standard for the enterprise" ... and since the Mono (and so Komodo -runtime) are based upon a back-ported enterprise application (MS .NET framework), will most hippiecommie coder bastards frown upon it too ... and this is so sad
Luckily, I've been developing a native-binary distribution framework called Exo-Runtime, which tries to compile POSIX compliant software into a sandboxed (and so partially managed) form ... tho I've been mocked for trying such.
I think that the OSS scene consist of three kinds of people:
1) The people who are really into the ethics of Open Source and Free Software. They diss at everything that is not GPL. Unfortunately these idealists are also the most talented coders, but they refuse to follow any enterprise driven standards ... making eg. binary distribution hard when using their software components.
2) The wannabe-gurus who just hang in the scene, and be content with everything the GPL license provides them, eg. end users who just use the GNU/Linux scene as an excuse to show-off and diss at other people. They REALLY DO NOT CARE about how GNU/Linux systems work, or what they could be made to be.
3) The rare, perceptive and innovatice coders/developers, who really understand that GPL and closed-source MUST and CAN be united in a practical way. Most BSD people are like these, and the people who develop the Mono runtime and the LSB standards. They get the most flames and blames, but must tolerate it ...
The GNU/linux scene is full of blind and intolerant (or fake-intolerant wannabe) people. This does not help GNU/Linux at all in the enterprise.
Personally, I am an elitist. But rather than jerking over some spesific distro/Desktop-environtment/application, I see all the problems GNU/Linux has, and try to make people share my thoughts. People want to get into enterprise with their linsux boxes? This is what I want too, but the scene is so fucking decadent and flegmatic, that nothing is gonna happen for a long time ...
