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Mission Critical Linux in Trouble

Posted by michael on from the need-a-big-red-hat dept.

Dynedain writes: "ZDNet reports that Mission Critical Linux who specialized in server clustering, is laying off 90% of their work force of 60 after failing to secure a buyer of the company. :("

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  1. Failure of a Company, not an OS by Petersko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sadly, a failure like this is a high-visibility public relations disaster. Companies should refrain from including the name of an operating system in their company name.

    Had the company "Mission Critical Implementations" gone under, it would have gone largely unnoticed.

    Their failure as a business reflects poorly on their marketing and their business savvy - not on their choice of toolsets. The industry decision-makers, however, will be affected. "Yet another linux failure" will be the gut reaction.

  2. Mission Critical? by klieber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else get nervous when a company that purports to offer mission critical systems has their own web site succumb to the /. effect?

    No wonder they're laying of 90%...

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  3. Failed to Flollow Their Own Advice by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have clustered themselves - that way if one of their business nodes went bankrupt or was sued, then the other business nodes could take up the slack.

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  4. Re:RIP by harvardian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey man, Be still has 9 days left before dissolving, and I'm still holding out hope.

  5. Have a friggin heart people... by psxndc · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I know its easy to get +1 funny for all the jokes but c'mon, you know that 90% probably reads /.

    Sorry things didn't work out MCL people. Consulting sucks, I know. My company had to lay people off to get to break even and we're still struggling to tread water. And we were one of the slow and steady firms during the boom. Its kept us afloat after the crash, but man does it suck. Competition is fierce and clients want more for less. Props for trying to do it with Linux (wish I was as lucky), but I guess it just didn't work out

    psxndc

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