Re: [SLUG] Suspicions confirmed!

From: R P Herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 19:24:47 EDT


On Mon, 13 May 2002, Timothy wrote:

> Being a confirmed Slackware user, my suspicions were confirmed today
> when I came across this information about Element K LMS software.
> Redhat really is trying to emulate Mickey$oft agter all.

Just a tad paranoid, eh?

Quick test -- say you are at a major corporation and need to
demonstrate the viability of a formal Open Source roll-in
effort. What corporation can your employer call, and in 24
hours havestep in when you and your group get sold off in a
divisional merger?

Slackware ??? (No market presence)
Mandrake ??? (Hobbyists)
TurboLinux ??? (Left the US market for East Asia)
US SuSE ??? (Leaving the US market)
SCO ??? (Seen Caldera's stock price lately?)
Debian HP
Red Hat IBM
The BSD's ??? (Too small)

How do _IBM_ staff -- by developing the 'farm teams'. Will
the Debian folks sell out for mere money? Not enough. Poor
Storm found that out.

So Red Hat and a certification program, and IBM as backup, it
is.

-- Russ Herrold



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