It seems to be a trend: Netscape ditched their browser and sent all their
development folks to the Mozilla Project; Red Hat ditched its Linux distro
as we currently know it and are sending their IP to the Fedora Project which
will feed their innovations to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Microschmuck just
decided we aren't updating our browser anymore unless you either (a) buy our
next version of Windows or (b) there's a national security issue requiring
an update, in which case we'll think about it.
I don't think Microsoft will completely go away (just like Lotus has yet to
completely go away since their acquisition by IBM ... they're still
developing new products and I'm not referring just to Notes/Domino [which
BTW I have Organizer 5.0 running on my Linux box with Crossover now
---Sveeeeet! Unfortunately it won't print ...]) What I think you *will* see
is a leveling of the operating system playing field. A company that owns
the operating system that runs on approximately 95 percent of the world's
personal computers and the office suite that runs on the vast majority of
them isn't going to just fade away without a major upheaval in the
information technology world.
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Ronald KA4INM Youvan
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:33 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] What to do with redhat going away?
> I currently have 2 servers running rh linux (7.3 and 9). With redhat going
> away has anyone have thoughts on a distro to swtich to?
I don't have a dog in that fight, but of LINUX stopped being
distributed tomorrow (as M$ wishes) would you replace it with M$
the next?
Fortunately (for me, although I won't live that long) LINUX
will outlive M$. I expect M$ will land under the runway within
10 years of B.G. II's death, which won't be that long from now,
I hear he enjoys his "belly busters" from `grease-be-us'.
(and there is the pressure to be IT)
If you don't believe me, look into what became of the RCA
Corporation. (went down in flames less that 10 years after
David Sarnoff died, at his son's hands)
> I am still confused where fedora linux fits into the picture.
> It is my understanding that they will be releasing "desktop"
> versins of redhat???
I am thinking RH and Novel are trying to get free GNU style
development to use in their commercial product.
73 (= Best Regards) de: (= from) Ron ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com
100% Slackware LINUX since 7-97 (still free!) SENT D&T are UTC
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