Comments on: New gig

By: James Gray

James Gray — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:02:59 +0000

Congratulations!

It sounds like 2006 will be a watershed year for FSG and LSB – this is a Good Thing ™. I work for a company that actively promotes and sells commercial linux disto’s. One of the biggest complaints from customers is the lack of consistency and the level of fragmentation between distributions. Add to that different packaging formats and it makes it very difficult for ISV’s to release software in a reliable, consistent way to their customer base. Here’s hoping 2006 will be a great consolidation and coming together of good ideas to propel Linux into the next era :)

By: LiGuoTang’s Blog ^_^ » Debian 创始人 Ian Murdock 就任 FSG 的 CTO

LiGuoTang’s Blog ^_^ » Debian 创始人 Ian Murdock 就任 FSG 的 CTO — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:08:19 +0000

[...] Debian Project 以及 Progeny 的创始人 Ian Murdock，已经就任 FSG（ Free Standards Group）的 CTO。Ian Murdock 的 Blog 和 FSG 的新闻主页，都公布了这一消息。Ian Murdock 同时还兼任 Linux Standard Base (LSB) 工作组的主席。 [...]

By: Zeb Carnell

Zeb Carnell — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:29:03 +0000

Great news Mr Murdock.
I’ve always been very respectful of your opinions and ideas. I 100% support the DCC Alliance and that leads to supporting LSB.
Thankyou for all the work you’ve done for FOSS over the years and thanks for the rest to come.

Zeb Carnell

My Blog has a recent post directed mainly at the Debian community about the DCCA.
http://zebcarnell.blogspot.com

By: Claire Giordano

Claire Giordano — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:07:13 +0000

Congratulations, Ian. I can certainly identify with the bittersweet part. It’s been amazing how quickly the novel becomes normal, at least for me. I hope the transition goes well for you – I’m sure it will. Enjoy!

By: Otto Wyss

Otto Wyss — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:14:56 +0000

Congratulation.

Well, I think the LSB is just the second most important effort for the success of the Linux desktop. The most important is IMO this http://wyoguide.sf.net/index.php?page=cross-platform.html. I might be wrong but I’m quite sure this is the only way how the first “top inhibitors of a Linux desktop adoption” can be tackled.

By: Linux Daily Log » Ian Murdock junta-se ao Free Standards Group

Linux Daily Log » Ian Murdock junta-se ao Free Standards Group — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:50:23 +0000

[...] No anúncio da nova empreitada, em seu blog, Ian Murdock aponta algumas das ações a serem desenvolvidas pelo seu grupo de trabalho. O objetivo é aumentar o alcance da LSB, abrangendo tanto os desenvolvedores quanto as entidades certificadoras, como pode ser visto na lista abaixo: [...]

By: Michael Perry

Michael Perry — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:45:21 +0000

Congrats, Ian. I especially like the news about the certification approaches in China. It really shows the international grasp of the standards approaches within the FSG.

By: Bart Schuller

Bart Schuller — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:43:20 +0000

I can only hope that more software will actually be released for LSB instead of a choice of both Red Hat *and* Suse.

In the case of Oracle, I can even sort of understand, but at least they don’t actively hinder you if you want to try installing it on debian.

…Like Verity did. A beta version installed fine, needed a libstdc++ from some other distro, no problem. Then when you try to upgrade, you get told by InstallShield that “2.6.8-2-386″ is not supported. Excuse me, kernel version numbers?

Funnier still is when you try to get the full non-beta release installed and you type in keys and codes till you’re blue in the face, each time getting a response that the code is invalid…
When the real error should have said “we don’t like your OS” as the Suse vmware image worked just fine.

Of course, having installed it in Suse, it runs just fine in debian.