Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux

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From: Zebee Johnstone
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:39

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In aus.computers.linux on Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:19:34 -0800
Keith Clark <clarkphotography@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Too bad RedHat chose to abandon a huge potential market.

It's only a potential market if people will pay real money.

If they wont, it's not a market, it's a drain on resources.

Work out how much you would pay, and how much support you would require.

Then compute those numbers for the famous Average User.

Zebee

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From: Zebee Johnstone <zebee@zip.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.linux.redhat,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
Date: 11 Nov 2003 00:39:37 GMT
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