Turbolinux Not Dead Yet

Abdul Nabi writes "I found this article on Linux Today which is a response from Turbolinux to the recent rumors of a shutdown. The responds contends that they are restructuring rather than shutting down." Ya know, I can't think of a single person that I know that runs Turbolinux. Maybe that has something to do with their problems.

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It points out one important fact...

[Anonymous Coward]

If you want your favorite commercial Linux distro to survive then you'd better give it more support than Lip Service.

Have you been downloading those Mandrake ISO CDs? Great! If you are poor and/or from an under-developed country then enjoy them in true spirit of the Linux commons. BUT, if you live in the developed countries and have disposable income each month then do your part and purchase a boxed set at least once each year. Total up the license costs of the Windows OS and apps you would have to purchase to obtain what comes in most Linux distro boxed sets and compare your annual costs.

APP Windows Linux
OS $200 $80
Office $200 $0 or $60 (SO)
CAD $$$$$ $0 to $100
Graphics $200 $0
Animation $$$$$$$ $0 to $$$$$
Educational $$$$$ $0 to $50
Math $800-$2000 $0 to $250
Science $$$$$$$ $0
GAMES $50@ $0 to $50@
AntiVirus $50+ N/A
Firewalls $50-$1000 $0
Network tools $$$$$ $0
etc...

Windows base costs are more than $1000. Mandrake 8.2 base cost is $80.
Let's ignore the crashes, lost data, stolen personal info, countless security holes, MS trojan apps that phone home or add and remove software from your box at Gate's whim.
Better bargins are hard to find.

They're getting out of the US business

[blackcat]

Basically, they are shutting down their US dependance to reduce cost. The US market is overcrowded with Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake and Caldera who all try to sell support and services, too. So Turbolinux is going back to their home market where the competition is not that stiff.

We've already seen this with SuSE back in August last year when they layed off 30 of their US staff.

Pixie dust

[Sneakums]

Ya know, I can't think of a single person that I know that runs Turbolinux. Maybe that has something to do with their problems.

Yeah, like your friends are so special.

Ya know..

[Sir Joltalot]

I can't think of a single person that I know that runs Connectiva. But that doesn't mean they're in trouble. Connective just isn't all that popular where I live (Britain). Similarly, Turbolinux isn't that popular stateside or here. But just like Connectiva is really popular in Brazil, Turbolinux is really popular in Korea, China, Japan and other areas of Asia.

< rant > I know this is slashdot, but for some reason I was under the impression that the blokes who actually posted the stories had something at least partially resembling a clue. Maybe the reason that you don't know anybody who uses Turbolinux, dear poster, is that you almost certainly live in the states! Sigh. < /rant >

"Slashpot, Trolls Wrong Again" - AP Wire Report

[fdisk3hs]

Turbolinux is dead, eh? Then why is their distribution preinstalled on servers from these manufacturers:

IBM x135, xSeries
Gateway
Compaq Proliant
HP (duh) tc2110 rc7100
NEC
Hitachi
Fujitsu
SGI

They are also working with these manufacturers to customize code in the kernel and various apps to increase performance / reliability under heavy load under specific configurations for specific applications.

This whole discussion is absurd, don't think it's time to retire the Turbolinux icon yet, Captain Burrito.

Google search Turbolinux+preinstalled+server would give you a free clue, but then what would everyone do with all their spare time...

Why aren't you people coding?

BTW I was using Turbolinux as a desktop before I relegated the machine to more mundane tasks, and describing the distro as 'horrible' is just silly. I actually found it much more flexible at install time than Slackware (in 2.2.x days), although with the five-disk-Slack install now there are lots of module options etc...

Home users trolling about what is largely a server distribution is again, silly (slaps your wrist)...

fdisk3hs

Are you mad?

[NDPTAL85]

Surely you're not suggesting that the hordes of Free Software/Open Source users actually PAY for any of the software that they use. Don't you remember? "INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!". Nevermind that RENT WANTS TO BE PAID or FOOD WANTS TO BE BOUGHT, but when it comes to software all the rules in the universe are reversed and those who write software for a living are not supposed to actually be able to make a living. Those lucky few programmers are supposed to live on forestland communes where they forage for fruits and berries while their latest kernel compiles with the -hunger flag.

Frankly you disgust me by implying that we should enable certain free software developers to live in dignity via getting paid for what they most likely spent 4 years in college learning what to do. Only EVIL people such as Doctors, Entertainers, Lawyers, OTHER kidns of Engineers and such go to college to get ew... PAYING jobs and professions. The most honorable Computer Science graduates however nobly sacrifice their highly marketable skills for the greater good. To suggest that a CS grad should be able to afford moving himself or his family out of his mother's basement is an affront to the FSF, GNU, Slashdot and the entire Free Software Community! SHAME ON YOU SIR!