The question of too many Linux distributions

From Slashdot: “evenprime writes “In this zdnet column, Evan Leibovitch responds to linux critics who say that Caldera and Red Hat will be the only distributions to survive. Evan points out that the diversity of available distributions, and the ability to roll your own, is a great strength.” The arguement Evan makes is one that, IMHO, is correct – and people need to remember that the diversity of the distributions isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sure, maybe the commericial variants will move down to a couple, but I think for the overall community, diversity is a strength. “