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Is Red Hat the Microsoft of Linux?

Posted by timothy on from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept.

RadioheadKid writes "This article featured on eWeek asks the question 'Red Hat: Next Redmond?' It quotes an IBM VP who says, 'There is a backlash against Red Hat from many consumers and government agencies, who fear it is increasingly becoming the Microsoft of the Linux world with respect to its dominance and attitude,' while Red Hat states: 'Our commitment to open source remains absolute, no matter what our competitors are saying.' Is this just some pro-UnitedLinux spin, or a valid concern? What do you think?" Such characterizations are nothing new, but a response on NewsForge from Red Hat's Jeremy Hogan supplies a counterpoint to make the eWeek article worth reading. (Has anyone really seen a Red Hat backlash?)

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  1. What a stupid comparison by Sloppy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Timothy, you ought to be ashamed of feeding the trolls by even giving this crap a second look. It's not even a particularly clever troll; it's just noise.

    C'mon, editors, there's nothing wrong with doing a little common-sense filtering. Timothy, do you take your job seriously at all?

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