I plan on doing both, maybe all three. I realize no one has a crystal ball,
but I think RedHat's ship has come in. If I can find that article in Forbes
regarding Novell's steep decline and RedHat picking up the slack, I will
post the link. It's a big shot in the arm for sluggers.
On 3/6/06, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
>
> On Monday 06 March 2006 14:31, John Pugh wrote:
>
> I got to disagree with you:
>
> > Hmmm...Novell had 300% increase in subscriptions over the same period
> > last year with a substantial increase in revenue. I think you may be
> > reading some marketing FUD somewhere.
>
> Saying that because it grew 300% it's now larger or more desireable than
> RH is
> not what one would call a comprehensible picture either.
>
> Being that a huge majority of corporate America are running RH compatible
> distro's makes it by far a much more desirable certification in real life.
>
> > Novell's SUSE Linux is the leader in 64 bit systems, has the 2nd most
> > number of open source development staff (behind IBM), has firsts in 64
> > bit linux, linux on the mainframe, linux in retail (the list goes on)
> > and in the southeast has been converting RH installations faster than I
> > can keep up. Most fortune 500 in the Southeast that run linux, run SUSE
> > Linux.
>
> That's sales talk too. RH is WAY ahead in installations.
>
> > The most respected certification is most definitely LPI. Novell's CLP
> > and CLE are based on LPI, but use a practicum for evaluation so it's a
> > little different than the LPI for certification.
> >
> > I'm biased, but I view RH as a sinking ship at the moment - they have
> > one thing going for them at present - momentum, but momentum must be
> > sustained. Novell's 06Q1 numbers speak for themselves when it comes to
> > Linux growth.
>
> Sinking ship! I'd say you're biased...
>
> As far as the two goes I think you need to do both being the very
> different
> way they administer systems.
>
> --
>
> Steve Szmidt
>
> "For evil to triumph all that is needed is for good men to do nothing.
> Edmund Burke
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