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Article #7Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Keith Clark
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:47
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:47
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Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.computers.linux on Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:19:34 -0800 > Keith Clark <clarkphotography@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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 For some reason I'm still trying to figure out, SuSE fans seem to hurry to line up to pay and can't seem to open their wallets fast enough when a new version is out. At least that's the impression I get. Go to the SuSE newsgroup, identify yourself as someone using the freely installable FTP version and watch how you're treated. It's strange to me. Also, people actually pirate the distribution CD's. How many (proprietary/commercial) RedHat CD's have you seen in the P2P arena or binaries groups? I'm still trying to figure it out. But like I said, the fact that is so *fast* and easy to set up may have a lot to do with it. It sure isn't their (lack of) documentation on the website. --Keith
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,a391555474ffb62e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 1055b9,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1055b9,public X-Google-Thread: 1154bf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1154bf,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-Thread: 107b38,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid107b38,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-10 16:50:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!ash.uu.net!news01.intel.com!not-for-mail From: Keith Clark <clarkphotography@hotmail.com> 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: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:47:02 -0800 Organization: none Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3FB03186.C34D763B@hotmail.com> References: <pan.2003.11.05.04.09.23.808776@hotmail.com> <17532361.tm2asPQNcB@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <pan.2003.11.05.05.36.24.671893@comcast.net> <1461459.XJWvGJHOOx@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <2ba4b4eb.0311050926.1b97d0f6@posting.google.com> <4sbqb.307821$6C4.4444@pd7tw1no> <pan.2003.11.05.19.21.17.290477@jhu.edu> <imdqb.309929$6C4.23945@pd7tw1no> <pan.2003.11.05.22.14.37.777739@jhu.edu> <bog3lm$d63$9@au-nws-0001.flow.com.au> <JsVrb.42$It.1259@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au> <3FB02B16.14A94EF8@hotmail.com> <slrnbr0btl.afh.zebee@zeus.zipworld.com.au> Reply-To: clarkphotography@hotmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kdclark-desk.amr.corp.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news01.intel.com 1068511622 28116 10.10.209.161 (11 Nov 2003 00:47:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news01.intel.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:47:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en