Rodent Regatta

While I’m in a frame of mind to learn something about Apache and Linux and some of the scripting tools, I’m in no mood to try to distinguish between over 90 different distributions of Linux.
Why so many? Why so fragmented? Wouldn’t a few sacrifices bring greater celebrity to the whole concept of Linux and reduce the confusion?
As a business person, this discovery of the DistroWatch web site explains why Linux will struggle. No business man can afford a ”bet-the-business” decision on an operating system that has no clear path to survival. Microsoft can breathe easier knowing that these factions won’t sacrifice for the ”greater good.”
Lindows: As Windows as we want to be. The upstart operating system company asks a judge to dismiss once and for all Microsoft’s trademark claims and its attempts to get the site shut down. [CNET News.com]