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We have a 386sx running linux 8mb (not booting to x) that boots faster than my AMD Athlon 500 128 MB scsi machine. It all depends on what you intend to run on it and the number of things to boot up.

Check out an old version of slackware or maybe debian. RedHat is great and all but if you are looking for boot time rather than ease of configurability, etc. then it is terrible.

Also thought I would mention that it is an install of less than 100 MB, try doing that easily in RedHat.

Believe it: http://i386.sapien.net (if it is down it is usually because of the NE2000 network card ((newest piece of hardware in the machine)))

It's cool like Java (buzzword compliant)

Hmmm. Is java really buzzword compliant???? Find out for sure.
:)

First and foremost Red Hat does not sell Software, they give it away for free.
... Red Hat Sells Marketing and packaging...

Everything you say sounds great.

The problem is, nobody has reached this point yet! Red Hat AND SuSE both report that their biggest revenues come from the sales of Software. You're analyzing Red Hat the way they see themselves, or where they wish to be. There's nothing wrong with that, but your presentation made me say "right on! ...oh wait...." because I WANT Red Hat to be a service-oriented company...but right now, they're making money by selling CDs full of software...and in my book, that makes them a software company.

So...the real question then becomes, can they GET there? Can they switch from being a company that sells CDs with books for a living to a company that provides all-encompasing enterprise-wide solutions to corprorate problems? ( buzz...)

I think it's going to be a lot harder than people think.

Ok...so we've decided that they probably just used the term Linux to be Buzzword Compliant.

The next question is ARE THEY???
There's only one way to find out: The Buzz-Word Counter

Hey...speaking of chain mail... check out the Urban Legends Generator. It lets you build your own chain letters/urban legends and then email them to the ignorant masses.

Yes, it's my own page
Yes, that's shameless self-promotion
Yes, the ethics behind letting people generate their own chain-letters is questionable
and yes, i still think it's pretty funny
:-)

A good executive summary would be great...but also, some admission that in some certain cases NT might be an "ok" choice seems to go a long way when trying to woo managers into setting up Linux.

If you say "Linux is best for all things all the time" (as this article seems to say) you'll be labeled as a zealot, no matter how nicely you say it.

We need some documents that are written in plain english, are concise, and depict Linux vs. NT for a SINGLE TASK. That way, when I go to my boss and say "our new webserver should run LInux." I can show him why for WEB SERVING Linux is better. Conversely, when you go to your boss (if you have one) and say "our office fileserver shoudl run LInux" you have a document that shows why linux is better for Fileserving in non-homogenous network environment.

Is there a website out there right now that contains documents like these, in one centralized location? (or at least links to them with summaries?) I didn't think there was, so I threw something together that will hopefully evolve into what I've just described. You can upload documents (or link to them) HERE.

Eventually my goal is to have an online resource of Linux Advocacy/Information documents about WHY people should choose Linux. This resource will be searchable so that you can find the best paper to suit your needs.

If I'm wasting my time and this already exists, please let me know in a non-flame sort of way, I don't want to step on anyone's toes or anything like that.

Thanks.