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Article #48Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Jacob Heider
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:33
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:33
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:05:21 +1000, Gregory Toomey wrote: > It was a dark and stormy night, and Keith Clark managed to scribble: > >> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101690.html >> >> He says home users should stick to Windows because home users can't >> figure out how to hook up a USB camera. >> >> That does it. I'm going to SuSE. RedHat can rot. > > They seem to forget that the nerds use Linux at home, college, AS WELL AS > in the enterprise. Reh Hat is forcing users to buy support with their > latest offering, & breaking the GPL. So the nerds that made Red Hat what I what sense are they "breaking the GPL"? The GPL was designed to product their right to make money by selling software licensed under it (in addition to other things). > it is are now leaving in droves (forget fedora). > Any particular reason? Redhat + community support, should be at least as good as any other community supported linux, since it's starting from the redhat codebase. > Suse is now part of Novell, which is the kiss of death. > > I'm about to order Libranet, which is Debian + desktop/usability > enhancements. I'm ordering Gentoo as well. > > gtoomey
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