if you were the boss of gnu.....

[mr orion77]

and you were to decide the new OFFICIAL linux distro (lets say debian was scrapped because its so inconsistent) that is going to be the standard, what would you do?
xcept you could only choose one class of app to go in the package i.e. window manager, e-mail client, server software or package format etc.

you could also define the policies of how linux was to be developed in the further.

lol, its a big question and silly but me and some buddies in uni had this conversation one night after a few beers. we came out with some interesting and challenging ideas.

[hlrguy]

Hmmm, if I got to remove all choice, forced the mail option, media option, viewer option, and how it would all work, for now and the future, I guess you could call me Bill. I won't include a server however, you can pay for that. The official policy is, anything that works superior to what I included is not allowed, unless you pay me to learn about the hidden APIs and hooks I made to make your software function less than perfectly. :D

hlrguy

[bwkaz]

Um... GNU doesn't decide that stuff.

GNU is mostly programmers (and a couple of lawyers, plus Richard Stallman -- I'm not entirely sure where he fits in :p). Programmers and distributors should not be lumped together (the market in free software suffers if they're not independent). Therefore, they're independent. ;)